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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Qt Freed!
From:       "Jules Bean" <jmlb2 () hermes ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date:       1998-11-19 17:41:12
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--On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 5:19 pm +0000 "David Damerell"
<damerell@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote: 

> jim@jimpick.com:
>>http://www.troll.no/
>>:-)
>>(Of course, I have doubts whether or not it is compatible with the GPL
>>- but that's a moot point if the KDE guys change their license as
>>well)
> 
> Qt not freed. It's not compatible with the DFSG/ Open Source Definition,
> and the Open Source people may well be pissy about the misuse of their
> trademark. It looks like an attempt to placate us without actually
> preventing Troll Tech from charging commercial application developers,
> which has, IMAO, been their aim all along.
> 
> It might be good enough to get Qt into nonfree and KDE into contrib,
> though.

Since the consensus here is that it *is* DFSG compliance, would you like to
point as at the conflict?

Jules


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