Re: Debian i386 freeze

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Raul Miller wrote:
  >Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> wrote:
  >> NO NO NO!!!
  >> 
  >> The authors of a package can do what they like! The GPL stops you
  >> making a derivative work and putting it under a more restrictive
  >> licence. But kde are the original authors, so this does not apply!!!!!
  >
  >Sure, but debian is not the original authors, so debian has no right to
  >distribute kde binaries which are linked against Qt.
  >
  >For example, if someone sells a copy of a cdrom with kde on it, with the
  >current license, that customer can sue the seller to satisfy the terms
  >of the license.

This is fantasy - or paranoia.
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