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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A proposal to deal with the current RedHat situation
From:       Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-09-02 15:47:16
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> Wait a minute.  Is Jane Free Software?  If KDE is going to release
> 'Official' packages, then it would seem to make sense that the build tools
> are all Free Software.  Sorry, I get a little nervous when you say, "...no
> one really needs to know about Jane specifically beyond how the spec files
> need to be set up."  We do not need any dependence upon non-free software
> for 'Official' packages.  Now, if you want to distribute your own packages
> with as little change from cvs source as possible and release them as
> Vanilla packages, then please go ahead, but if these are to be distributed
> _by_ KDE _as_ 'Official' KDE packages then I think the build tools need to
> be completely free.

My bet is that Jane is a whole free sofrware based with couple of scripts used 
to do the whole magic.

Hetz

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