KDE 4.9 PyKDE API Reference

- KDE's Python API

# KAboutLicense Class Reference

`from PyKDE4.kdecore import *`

## Detailed Description

This class is used to store information about a license. The license can be one of some predefined, one given as text or one that can be loaded from a file. This class is used in the KAboutData class. Explicitly creating a KAboutLicense object is not possible. If the license is wanted for a KDE component having KAboutData object, use KAboutData.licenses() to get the licenses for that component. If the license is for a non-code resource and given by a keyword (e.g. in .desktop files), try using KAboutLicense.byKeyword().

Note:
  Instead of the more usual i18n calls, for translatable text the ki18n calls are used to produce KLocalizedStrings, which can delay the translation lookup. This is necessary because the translation catalogs are usually not yet initialized at the point where KAboutData is constructed.

## Methods

| __init__ (self, KAboutLicense other)
| __init__ (self, KAboutData.LicenseKey licenseType, KAboutData aboutData)
| __init__ (self, QString pathToFile, KAboutData aboutData)
| __init__ (self, KLocalizedString licenseText, KAboutData aboutData)
KAboutData.LicenseKey | key (self)
QString | name (self, KAboutData.NameFormat formatName)
QString | text (self)

## Static Methods

KAboutLicense | byKeyword (QString keyword)

## Method Documentation

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | KAboutLicense | other
| ) |  |  |

Copy constructor. Performs a deep copy.

Parameters:

  | other | object to copy

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | KAboutData.LicenseKey | licenseType,
|  | KAboutData | aboutData
| ) |  |  |

Internal:
  Used by KAboutData to construct a predefined license.

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | QString | pathToFile,
|  | KAboutData | aboutData
| ) |  |  |

Internal:
  Used by KAboutData to construct license by given text

__init__ | ( | self, |
|  | KLocalizedString | licenseText,
|  | KAboutData | aboutData
| ) |  |  |

Internal:
  Used by KAboutData to construct license by given text

KAboutData.LicenseKey key | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the license key.

Returns:
  The license key as element of KAboutData.LicenseKey enum.

Since:
  4.1

QString name | ( | self, |
|  | KAboutData.NameFormat | formatName
| ) |  |  |

Returns the license name.

Returns:
  The license name as a string.

QString text | ( |  | self ) |

Returns the full license text. If the licenseType argument of the constructor has been used, any text defined by setLicenseText is ignored, and the standard text for the chosen license will be returned.

Returns:
  The license text.

## Static Method Documentation

KAboutLicense byKeyword | ( | QString | keyword
| ) |  |  |

Fetch a known license by a keyword.

Frequently the license data is provided by a terse keyword-like string, e.g. by a field in a .desktop file. Using this method, an application can get hold of a proper KAboutLicense object, providing that the license is one of the several known to KDE, and use it to present more human-readable information to the user.

Keywords are matched by stripping all whitespace and lowercasing. The known keywords correspond to the KAboutData.LicenseKey enumeration, e.g. any of "LGPLV3", "LGPLv3", "LGPL v3" would match License_LGPL_V3. If there is no match for the keyword, a valid license object is still returned, with its name and text informing about a custom license, and its key equal to KAboutData.License_Custom.

Parameters:

  | keyword | The license keyword.

Returns:
  The license object.

See also:
  KAboutData.LicenseKey

Since:
  4.1