skins are almost always gpl or creative commons.. just to make sure, check the license for that skin.
in okhotska it states it's gpl so you needn't really worry about getting written permission as long as you include same license block.
port the skin normally to kmeleon and then include a readme.txt mentioning the name of the original skin author and then add thispart (his license)
/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
* Version: NPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public License
* Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
* compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
* for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
* License.
*
* The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
* Netscape Communications Corporation.
* Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1998-1999
* the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Contributor(s):
* Joe Hewitt (hewitt@netscape.com)
* Jason Kersey (kerz@netscape.com)
* Pierre Chanial (chanial@noos.fr)
* Dean Tessman (dean_tessman@hotmail.com)
*
* Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of
* either the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the "GPL"), or
* the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 or later (the "LGPL"),
* in which case the provisions of the GPL or the LGPL are applicable instead
* of those above. If you wish to allow use of your version of this file only
* under the terms of either the GPL or the LGPL, and not to allow others to
* use your version of this file under the terms of the NPL, indicate your
* decision by deleting the provisions above and replace them with the notice
* and other provisions required by the GPL or the LGPL. If you do not delete
* the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
* the terms of any one of the NPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
*
* ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
p/s it's a nice skin and worth getting ported