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Subject: Re: Software patent protest, could kde participate ?
From: Andy Fawcett <andy () athame ! co ! uk>
Date: 2003-08-26 15:03:05
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On Tuesday 26 August 2003 17:49, Christophe Devriese wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 August 2003 16:16, Maksim Orlovich wrote:
> > Last I checked KDE did not force anyone to license apps with GPL,
> > nor made statements advancing goals of the FSF. And I am pretty
> > sure that a large portion of KDE people will say that they do not
> > agree with its goals, but just use it for practical reasons. So I
> > think you just underscored Andy's point.
>
> If trolltech is to be believed, it does. The kde core libraries may
> not be GPL, but by using QT we still force people to GPL their
> applications. (I agree that it would be very hard to change, but
> still it's not impossible)
Okay, I said I wouldn't step in anymore...
From checking just one application that is auto-started here, I can tell
you that as part of the KDE distribution there are licences other than
GPL.
Check the licence for Noatun.
A.
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