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Re: KDE in hamm is a mess



Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de> writes:

> >I don't think we can distribute kde with Gordon Matzigkeit's permission.

> oh, there is no problem with libtool (written by gordon matzigkeit),
> as it is used for building applications, and not linked with qt or kde.
> you can even use libtool for a proprietary software.

We can't distribute KDE without Timothy O. Theisen's permission.  He
wrote most ghostview, which is (c)1992 by him.  The KDE project took
his GPL'd program an changed it to only work with Qt.

How many other programs did they do this with?  How many others could
sue KDE for breaking their licence?


Steve
dunham@cps.msu.edu


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