Re: Debian i386 freeze
> > 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?
Looks like it to me.
I just didn't want to SPAM Stephan Kulow with bug reports, so went for the
package they all depend upon.
Maybe I've got this all wrong, but I don't see how.
All they need to do to fix it is issue a more liberal licence for binaries
linked against Qt, but until they do that, I'd say we shouldn't even have
the binaries on the ftp archive.
The ``well the author said it was OK'' stuff is worthless, unless the packages
include statements to that effect it in their copyright files.
The KDE position appears to be, that they think the GPL is sufficient to
allow redistribution of their binaries, which is not the same thing as
actually giving permission to do so.
Lets say I issued some software under a licence that was the GPL except that it
also insisted that you send me 1000.00 UKP if you didn't remove it from you
system within on month of installation. I then publicly declare that the
payment clause doesn't mean what it says, and that even if it did mean that,
I wouldn't enforce it --- does that make any difference ? Would we let that
program into main ? or would we wait for the licence to be changed first ?
Cheers, Phil.
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