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Re: Qt license change



On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 10:43:47AM -0500, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> > of it ? if yes i think this is ok, but as i understood thinks up to now, is
> > that for a library to be free you also have to have free developpement tools
> > for it. Also i think that the QPL don't agree with the non discrimination
> > clause of the DFSG, altough i wish some more informed person would look into
> > it.
> 
> I agree with you completely. Though my opinion probably will not be
> accepted by the majority of developers. I think that GPL'd libraries are 
> NOT FREE. (Even in DFSG sense). QPL'd libary is not free for the same reason.

Of course, I disagree.  There are times when GPL is the right license. 
There are times also when LGPL or even BSDish would be better.  For those
afraid of BSDish, there's Artistic which I think is a great license
personally.

In the end, it's the author's choice.

-- 
Show me the code or get out of my way.

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