Re: Bug#227159: ocaml: Worse, the QPL is not DFSG-free
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 07:44:19AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> problems you mention. And also a proposal on how to make the licence
> non-free, instead of the "please switch to the GPL" which is sure to be
> received with laugthers or even some anger when i go upstream with it.
The original users of the license, TrollTech, have dual-licensed KDE under
the GPL; asking other users of the QPL to follow their lead seems completely
reasonable. We've asked many software authors to do similar things in the
past, with very frequent success, and less laughter and anger than you
seem to think.
Why do you think such a suggestion would be ridiculed in this case? I
think many upstream software authors are much more rational and reasonable
than you're giving them credit for.
--
Glenn Maynard
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