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

[Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>]

Kevin Atkinson <kevina@clark.net> wrote:
> Yes but Gt is acceptable for KDE becuase it is free software.

Wrong.

Qt is not free software (and Gt is a typo).

For example: kdebase is copyrighted under the GPL. But to compile it,
you need to link it against Qt. If anyone distributes kdebase binaries,
they're *required* by the kde license to distibute the full source under
terms that permit the source to be modified and redistributed.

But since those binaries are linked against Qt, they're *forbidden* from
doing so.

Frankly, we might be violating the law by placing kdebase binaries on
our ftp site.

-- 
Raul


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