Re: is kde and kde app source debian-legally distributable?
On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 07:04:48 -0500, Navindra Umanee wrote:
> Would it have been okay for Debian to make kde-source packages without
> fear of being sued by the debian-fear-inspiring kde or qt
> folks?
To the best of my knowledge, yes. See
http://www.debian.org/News/1998/19981008 for why KDE isn't in Debian; all
the reasoning deals with us not being able to distribute KDE /binaries/.
That said, having KDE source packages is IMHO not worth the effort.
Troll is in the process of switching Qt to a free license (though probably
incompatible with the GPL), and KDE is reportedly switching to a different
free license (Artistic-like) so as to avoid the problematic interaction
between GPL and the Qt license.
The best thing for us is to wait for these processes to finish, and make
regular KDE packages again.
Ray
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