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Subject:    [kc-kde] Summary #16: KDE for Windows?
From:       Rob Kaper <cap () capsi ! com>
Date:       2001-07-02 2:36:05
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<section
	title="KDE for Windows?"
	author="Rob Kaper"
	email="cap@capsi.com"
	subject="Qt/Windows Available Under New Non-Commercial License"
	archive="http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=99359430106633&w=2"
	posts="17"
	startdate="June 27, 2001 19:45:23 +0000"
	enddate="June 26, 2001 22:22:15 +0000"
>
<p>
Matthias Posseldt wrote in: <quote who="Matthias Posseldt"> Trolltech's
newest announcement could help efforts to port KDE to Windows, don't it?
Since we don't charge anyone, there should be no problem!</quote>. Eric
Laffoon answered: <quote who="Eric Laffoon">Not exactly no problem, as
Matthias Ettrich <a
href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-06-26-002-21-OS-SW-0006">pointed
out</a> on LT today. There are issues with the GPL.</quote></p>
<p>
Rik Hemsley added: <quote who="Rik Hemsley">
KDE's libraries are LGPL, Artistic, X11 or BSD licensed, so they're ok 
(not sure about X11, but the others) - but most KDE apps are GPL, so the 
authors would have to insert the clause mentioned by TT or relicense.
</quote> while Richard Stevens recalled <a
href="http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net">another effort</a> to
have KDE applications under Windows.</p>
</section>


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