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Re: license for eSvn



On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 04:32:00PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Sven Luther:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 04:16:41PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> >> * Sven Luther:
> >> 
> >> > Still, it only applies to the not linked with GPLed Qt case, so should be
> >> > ignorable for us, right ? 
> >> 
> >> Only you if you interpret "eSvn License for Unix platforms" as a mere
> >> placeholder (like "Licensing Option 2").  It's not clear if Debian is
> >> a Unix platform.
> >
> > We don't care about that, the licence says :
> >
> >   if you are linking with the GPLed version of Qt, then the code is under the
> >   GPL.
> >
> > So, we can ignore all this non-GPLed QT and unix-plateform mess, can't we ? 
> 
> I'd rather see a clarification from upstream.  If they intent to
> prevent a GPLed Windows port, it's non-free.  If they just want to
> make sure that people may distribute Windows binaries, it's probably okay.

Well, the only way giving this licencing would be the absense of a GPLed port
of Qt to windows, wouldn't it ? This hardly makes eSvn non-free, not anymore
than our dual-licenced Qt does.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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