Re: Debian i386 freeze
Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com> writes:
> > The problem comes when we (Debian) take that source, produce a
> > binary using the Qt libraries, and then declare in the copyright
> > file that the executable is covered by the GPL. Anyone receiving
> > that binary package, gets with it a legal declaration from us (in
> > the form of the GPL) that we will provide them with full source
> > for the program, along with the right to modify and redistribute
> > that source (a right that is not ours to give).
>
> So this applies not only to kdebase but also every other kde app,
> right?
Not only that, but also other GPLed packages in contrib linked to
non-free libraries, e.g. dfm (linked with libforms) (and probably
others, but I can't be bothered to check right now).
This is a thorny issue.
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James
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