Re: Qt license change
"J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)" <jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl> writes:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 02:10:47 -0800, Joseph Carter wrote:
> > I've spent the past 30 minutes doing JUST THAT. Not only is it DFSG free,
> > it looks like it is 100% compatible with the GPL!
>
> I doubt that. Q PUBLIC LICENSE version 0.9:
> :3. You may make modifications to the Software. In order to preserve the
> :integrity of the unmodified version of the Software, modifications must be
> :distributed in the form of patches
>
> This restriction looks incompatible with the GPL.
That said, if we ship with Qt, I think we can get by on the GPL's
exception for system libraries:
However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need
not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source
or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so
on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless
that component itself accompanies the executable.
Of course, it would be much cleaner to have a license that is
compatible with the GPL from the get-go, if that's at all possible.
Cheers,
- Jim
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