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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: This is a useful tip? (fwd)
From:       mosfet <mosfet () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-12-11 22:57:55
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This was added because the FSF was ignorantly claiming we were using
code copyrighted by them illegally. Since they are still actively
anti-KDE, I don't see why we shouldn't point out that they don't own any
of our code. It's fair play, and helps to refute some of the FUD they
spread about us. 

Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> 
> I've just received a "bug report" on Kandalf's tips:
> 
> > In "Kandalf's useful tips" window that shows up at startup of kde-2.0.1,
> > this tip showed up:
> >
> >   "KDE does not contain any GPL'd code that is copyrighted by the Free
> >    Software Foundation"
> >
> > Is this something to be proud of, and is it a tip at all?
> 
> I have to agree with this; I'm all for removing this particular tip.
> 
> While I agree 100% that some fanatic followers of the FSF have done a lot
> of bad things(tm) for KDE, I think we shouldn't do stuff like this to put
> even more distance between KDE and the FSF.
> 
> Knowing that we don't use any FSF-copyrighted code won't help a newbie,
> and the fact that we're pointing it out this way might make them think
> the FSF is a bad thing(tm), which definitely isn't the case [what would we
> do without gcc and [for most of us] glibc?
> 
> Any other opinions?
> 
> LLaP
> bero

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