Re: No flames please.
Hello
Nicos Gollan (<gtdev@spearhead.de>) wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 03:57:58 -0400
> spencer ward <infotechsys@pivot.net> wrote:
>
>> I recently change to debian and notice that
>> the default desktop mgr. is KDE. I've been
>> lurking on UserLinux and the group had
>> a debate as to which desktop they would
>> put in thier distrobution. They decided to
>> use GNOME because of the licencing of
>> Qt. I thought that Troll Co. removed the
>> restriction they had on Qt. So, the question
>> is are there any restriction on the use of Qt?
>
> That discussion is (or at least should be) long over. The free
> Linux/Unix/MacOSX Qt is licensed under the GPL.
...and Gnome uses GTK, which is licensed under the LGPL. From
<http://userlinux.com/white_paper.html>:
,---
|GUI desktop: GNOME. The fact that it comes with a license to develop
|and distribute proprietary applications is the sole reason for this
|decision. A long discussion on the mailing list has made it clear that
|GNOME and KDE are similar in technical merit and commercial acceptance
|at this time, leaving only the licensing issue as a basis for this
|decision.
`---
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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