On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 08:17:42PM +1000, Shane King wrote: > > Of course, that would still leave us unable to distribute any of the > > pre-existing GPL-ed code that they modified for KDE...which is why the > > BEST solution would be for Qt to be released with a GPL compatible > > license. > > IMHO, the GPL is the problem, perhaps what should be done is to try to > get the FSF to release version 3 of the GPL that allows linking with any > DFSG code. Since virtually all GPL code is released with the clause "or any > later version of the GPL", that would most likely solve the KDE problem, as > well as preventing any future problems. > > Unfortunately, because the FSF is even more stubborn than KDE or Troll, the > correct solution to the problem seems unlikely to eventuate. :( They aren't going to do that, RMS and I have been discussing that. > > yes, the QPL does look like it will be DFSG free. No, it still won't be > > legal to distribute GPLed code which has been linked with it as it is > > not compatible with the GPL. > > The GPL is so incompatible with everything else that if it was a piece of > hardware you'd throw it out. ;) > > Not that I don't like the GPL, it's just situations like this that show > just how much of a point the BSD people have when they call the GPL and > evil virus... Virus yes. Evil? Hardly. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity, so if people who do this run into trouble, that's good! All businesses based on non-free software ought to fail, and the sooner the better. -- Richard Stallman
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