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Re: Debian Free Software (FSF) or Open Source? (was Re; non-cd...)



(Alex Yukhimets) wrote:
> 
> > I agree.  But KDE is not, it just uses Qt because it is the best tool
> > available and troll tech agreed to support it as evident by forming of
> > the "The KDE Free Qt Foundation."
> 
> The problem with Qt is that it wants to impose limitaions on the license I
> pick for the software _I_ write using it. I hate that and as a developer
> this fact ruled out my using Qt completely.
> Same thing goes for any GPL'd (not LGPL'd) library.

Yes but Gt is acceptable for KDE becuase it is free software.
> 
> > So which one does Debian which to support FSF or Open Source?  I really
> > hope it is Open Source...
> 
> Well, Debian does support Open Source. The definition of Open Source
> is a plain copy of Debian Free Software Guidlines :)

I know that, please see my post to Robert Havoc Pennington.


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