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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: KDE2 license policy
From:       mosfet <mosfet () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-08-03 22:09:07
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Patrick O Neil wrote:
> 
> Where could one find "Kimp"?  I would certainly be interested in a
> qt frontend to gimp instead of what it has.  I do not see why this
> should be any problem in any case.  As far as I understand, opensource
> doesn't object to this.  How about calling it Qtimp?
> 
> Why would altering opensource/gnu software, which IS OK, be
> disrespectful?  Why isn't the repackaging of linux and all the
> packages that go with it, with even distro-specific alterations,
> not disrespectful?  Give credit where it is due for the sake
> of respect, but provide the altered software (and source).
> 
> Where is this not allowed vis a vis the Gimp, by the way?
> 
> As to the Derek...DO you have a KDE-friendly replacement
> frontend to Gimp?  If so, I WANT IT PLEASE. In any case, if
> the KDE people don't want it, that doesn't mean YOU cannot
> freely release it to the community.  Give credit, etc, for
> the bulk of the code, make your LEGAL and OK changes, and
> release it with source.  No problem.
> 
> I WANT A KDE-FRIENDLY FRONTEND TO GIMP!
> 

The gimp people will not allow it to be released because it's a Qt app.
It's okay to take code from KDE and use it for Gnu apps, but as I said
before the reverse does not apply as far as the Gnu people are
concerned.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Sproul
> To: KDE general mailing list
> Sent: 8/3/00 2:37 PM
> Subject: Re: KDE2 license policy
> 
> mosfet wrote:
> >
> > Kevin Sproul wrote:
> > >
> > > Derek Fountain wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In short, I was wondering if I took a GNU tool, say
> > > > something from GNOME, and rewrote parts of it (like the
> > > > interface) so it worked under KDE, would that not be allowed
> > > > into the KDE project?
> > >   --
> > > It's a simple policy called "Respect for other people's code
> [...]
> > >
> > > Besides who wants another screeching and screaming session
> > > like we had over Kimp ( an application which was never
> > > distributed )
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