Re: kde/gpl discussion is silly

[Martin Schulze <joey@kuolema.Infodrom.North.DE>]

Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> 	Oh, sure, Qt does come under a different license. However, KDE
>  is under the GPL, and all the sources, including config scripts and
>  make files and interface definitions (header files) are also under
>  the GPL. If KDE uses QT header files, then that subset of QT falls
>  under GPL, if the binaries are so distributed. Not all of QT, merely
>  the subset of QT required to build the binaries. (The only exceptions
>  are system headers; and under no stretch of imagination Motif or QT
>  can be called parts of the system for Linux). Therein lies the
>  problem. We can distribute the sources as we wish. Not the binaries. 

Because the interface as defined in the header files are compiled into
the binary?

So another thing that would solve this problem would be KDE rewrite
all header files that makes KDE connect to Qt?

Regards,

	Joey

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