Re: KDE liscence question
On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 01:11:57PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> Francesco Tapparo <cesco@goldnet.it> writes:
>
> > On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 04:35:11PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
>
> > NO, please. The __KDE__people__ must substitute the code they stealed.
> stealed? Made to steal? Made hard as steal? .. stole? :)
>
> What code did they steal? And if that code was GPL, they didn't steal
> it, but used it according to GPL, except linking against QT.
They used code of other authors, breaking the copyright (the GPL forbid the
linking against proprietary libraries). So the are using code they are not
entitled to use: they are stelaing that code.
Try to break the copyright of Doom (or another proprietary code), and you
are before a judge in 5 minutes.
>
> > The KDE people have already written a lot of code: they can sure
> > substitute the stealed code.
>
> The KDE people are a very loose group all around the world. Try to get
> them together and sign a paper allowing for a new license, or try to
> get a pgp signed mail from every one, especially the once that don't
> have email anymore or died inbetween.
FACT 1: The KDE people choose to steal GPL code
FACT 2: The KDE people choose to license their code as GPL (probably only to
pretend to can use other GPL code)
If _the_KDE_people_ can resolve their problem: fine. Otherwise sorry: "chi
e' causa del suo mal pianga se stesso" (an italian proverb: "which caused
his misfortune must complain only against himself").
>
> May the Source be with you.
> Goswin
>
Yes, but ALL the source ;->
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Francesco Tapparo tapparo@mat.unimi.it
GNU fanatic cesco@debian.org
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