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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: InstallShield for KDE?
From:       "John L. Fjellstad" <jfjellst () bayarea ! net>
Date:       1999-11-10 16:01:54
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I've seen this argument all the time on Slashdot, and quite frankly, I
very much disagree.

There is an alternative to Qt. It's called gtk+. The GNOME project use
it.  If you have an philosophical problem with the Qt license, use that.

Qt is free for non-commercial use.  If you want to commercially, you
have to buy a license (which is actually cheap compared to other
libraries, if we are to believe my manager).

Compared to gtk+. gtk+ use a LGPL license.  Anyone actually seen what is
stated on most LGPL licenses? It says "... v2 or *later*" (emphasize
mine).  Anyone been to the GNU pages, and seen what RMS suggests
regarding licenses? Imagining Qt goes away, and Linux becomes a dominant
player in the OS marked.  I can see FSF changing the license so that it
becomes closer to GPL. And then you won't be able to write close-code at
all!

In the real world, free "speach" software means gratis software, despite
what they might be saying.

Dummy KDE-maillist wrote:

> Of course TT has the right to sell their work instead of making a gift
> of it.
> 
> But there is no MUST to use it regularly in the Linux project IMHO.
> 
> I think that parts of Linux needed by all people should stay
> free.
> 
> If I develop a special application for one client on a commercial base
> I can decide wether to use such a product.
> But why use it in every Linux installation?


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