Re: What is Debian's verdict on Qt's recent acceptance of QPL-1.
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 07:12:44PM -0500, Shaleh wrote:
> >
> >
> > I remember there were some question marks about just how free the QPL
> > licence really was. And questions about whether Debian would accept
> > it as a free license. Now that Qt is finally licenced under it, what
> > is the verdict? Is it good enough?
> >
>
> it is good enough. RMS is on the books saying "it is free, but not GPL
> compatible". Once a QT is released based on this, most of KDE and other apps
> should be free to move to main.
If you (or RMS) write (or say) that it is not GPL compatible, how can you
link KDE with it and move the result to main?
Just curious.
Thanks,
Marcus
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