Re: Status of KDE/Qt - interim decision
On Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 01:52:05AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> Since the GPL is incompatible with Troll's license, a clause within that
> license encouraging the use of the GPL for code linked against Qt, is
> somewhere between foolish and disingenuous.
You're certainly right.
> Also, it wouldn't surprise me too much if it invalidates the Qt licence
> (invalid clauses in contracts have a tendency to do that)
Maybe they have this "one illegal clause will not make the whole license
invalid" clause in it --- it is very common (the GPL has it).
However, last time I checked I didn't see it.
Marcus
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