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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Licensing alternative
From:       Mario Weilguni <mweilguni () sime ! com>
Date:       2000-01-26 16:15:47
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Hmm... doesn't make changing only a few words of the license
the whole license invalid?

Mario

Am Mit, 26 Jan 2000 schrieb Martin Konold:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Richard Moore wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, David Faure wrote:
> > > > This sounds like a very good solution indeed.
> > > > I will add it to the code I own.
> > > >
> > > > Should I also add KAboutData::License_GPLQT ?  ;-)
> > > 
> > > And GPLQT_2_ONLY
> > > 
> > > ("Version 2 of the GPL" as opposite to "Version 2 or, at your option,
> > > any later version")
> > 
> > Yes, I detest that clause of the GPL. I am not willing to give RMS the
> > right to change the license of my sources. It also has legal problems
> 
> I very much agree with not allowing RMS to change our license via this
> backdoor.
> 
> Regards,
> -- martin
> 
> // Martin Konold, Stauffenbergstr. 107, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany  //   
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