From kde Sat Jun 10 01:26:52 2000 From: Rob Kaper Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 01:26:52 +0000 To: kde Subject: Re: Liscencing Issue - Taking Action X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde&m=96060002013018 On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 07:53:52PM -0500, mosfet wrote: > > Basically it is simply adding a clause to be able to 'legally' link to the > > GPL. This is required by distros such a debain in order to include KDE. > > No it's not. They can include KDE at any time they like without legal > ramification. US law has something called intent that applies to licenses, > and saying applications in KDE CVS need to include specific provisions in > order to link to Qt is foolish in the extreme. Users have the right to be > able to use their programs, and Qt linking is a requirement. It does not > need to be specifically stated in the license. > > Many developers hacking in KDE CVS have discussed the issue and decided > not to give into Debian's demands since they are legally unjustified. Someone please put this on the news page and FAQ pages.. perhaps without specific mention of Debian, though. I've been talking with various people about this issue and one thing that always comes up is that "the KDE people should say what they want". Having a public statement on this seems to be important. Rob -- Rob Kaper | cap@capsi.com cap@capsi.cx cap@atomickitten.cx | http://capsi.com/ http://capsi.cx/ telnet://chat.capsi.cx:2300/ | "These are the people who proudly call themselves "hackers" -- | not as the term is now abused by journalists to mean a computer | criminal, but in its true and original sense of an enthusiast, | an artist, a tinkerer, a problem solver, an expert." -- ESR -- Send posts to: kde@lists.netcentral.net Send all commands to: kde-request@lists.netcentral.net Put your command in the SUBJECT of the message: "subscribe", "unsubscribe", "set digest on", or "set digest off" PLEASE READ THE ARCHIVED MESSAGES AT http://lists.kde.org/ BEFORE POSTING ********************************************************************** This list is from your pals at NetCentral