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Re: KDE liscence question



David Bristel <targon@targonia.com> writes:

> I think you may have missed the point on this one(no offense intended).  The
> thing that makes qt go into Debian has been a RESTRICTION on redistribution.
> ANY restriction on redistribution of both source and binaries will cause
> a conflict with the Debian philosophy, so will be removed.  If qt2 allows for

No, I didn't miss that point and you're right. Thats the reason why qt
is non-free. The problem is with kde linking against qt, which breaks
the gpl. The question now is if the qt under qpl allows for being
linked by gpl programs like kde.

May the Source be with you.
			Goswin


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