Re: GPLv3 suggestion to solve KDE/QT problem and others
On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 03:15:40AM +0200, Adi Stav wrote:
> It appears that the easiest way to solve many license incompatibility
> problems involving the GPL and other free licenses would be to add a
> new version of the GPL, since that would not be difficult (unlike
> rewriting huge projects) and because the people who actually have the
> power to do that support our ends (unlike the KDE team and Troll).
Flawed premise. I would be offended if the next version of the GPL
allowed people to use my software with stuff I didn't intend when I wrote
it. So obviously a change to the GPL which allows KDE to suddenly be a
non-issue doesn't support my ends.
I want a solution to the KDE problem as much as anyone, but not if it
means changing the GPL just for KDE. No way.
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