On 09/10/2012, at 6:52 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
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> On 08/10/12 21:57, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>> I am arguing against the entire reason for having this thread.
>>> Vishesh
>>>> shouldn't have to go around worrying about this crap just
>>>> because RedHat has bad lawyers and has double standards when it
>>>> comes to the software they are shipping.
>> not so easy in the US
>> 
> We claim to be about freedom, but freedom for us implies that we
> respect others.  Whether you like it or not, laws vary from country to
> country.  More liberal countries allow things that others don't.
> Since distros ship across such boundaries the default has to be
> "safe".  I'm not a coder, but it seems to me that the plugin system is
> the right answer.

As an application developer (and a coder) I agree with Anne.  The more
loosely KDE is bound to particular external packages and libraries, the
better it will be.

Indeed, I would dearly like to see the total removal of any dependency
of KDE libs on Nepomuk itself.  Why?  Because I do not think developers
should have to spend time, continually, every time a version changes
somewhere along the line, chasing up the dependencies of a package
they might never use (i.e. Nepomuk).

I see this as a form of taxation.  I pay, by having to spend extra time installing
KDE libs, but others benefit (presumably).

Cheers, Ian W.





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