Re: Debian i386 freeze
Hi,
>>"Jaldhar" == Jaldhar H Vyas <jaldhar@braincells.com> writes:
Jaldhar> I've heard that Suse and some other distributions do ship
Jaldhar> with qt. If that is the case, is it exempt for them?
So, If they jump in the well ....
Jaldhar> RMS said Linux is just the kernel so we can properly talk of
Jaldhar> the Suse OS or the Debian OS rather than Linux OS.
Remember, it is Debian GNU/Linux. We kinds embrace the GNU
philosophy, I think.
Jaldhar> Of course we are not so inclined, but could Debian simply
Jaldhar> declare qt a "major system component" and end this argument?
Jaldhar> :-)
Not if we do not want to lie. It is a major system component
if and only if the majority of Linux installations come equipped with
Qt. Since Qt is not a part of Debian (niether is KDE), it can't be a
major component.
Jaldhar> I'm sorry to say that to this layman, the line of reasoning in this
Jaldhar> section of the GPL rather stinks of hypocrisy.
In what way?
manoj
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