Re: GPL & KDE
Darren Benham <gecko@benham.net> wrote:
> In Article 3, "...any associated interface definition files...." can
> refer to the header files that interface the individual source files
> for "the program" itself.. the internal ones. The next sentance,
> talking about major componants could include Qt (and xforms and other
> such libraries that are independent projects.. KDE doesn't bundle Qt
> with it, do they?).
KDE doesn't, but the only way for us not to would be to not provide
one or the other.
> The GPL doesn't state in there the need of all linked libraries to be
> GPL and the last paragraph of Article 2 (starts with "In addition,
> mere aggregation...") states that any external work included with the
> program (such as other libraries) do not have to have GPL imposed upon
> them just because KDE is GPL.
Qt isn't merely aggregated with KDE. KDE binaries can only be built
using Qt. KDE binaries will not run unless Qt is present -- the Qt
libraries are a part of the whole thing.
--
Raul
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