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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: ALWAYS FREE?
From:       Bernd Gehrmann <bernd () physik ! hu-berlin ! de>
Date:       1999-09-13 15:44:08
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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Rik Hemsley wrote:

> #if Bernd Gehrmann
> > BTW: I find it a bit strange that idl files are distributed under the LGPL.
> > This looks like interface copyright.
> 
> The copyright for the idl file and the interface it describes is with the FSF.

Huh? Which idl file is copyrighted by the FSF?
 
> I think if prepending a copyright notice at the top of an idl was a problem,
> we'd have problems with all header files too.

It's an attitude problem. Trying to impose a copyright on a CORBA
interface and at the same time complaining about issues with the
trash icon or with the GIF patent is hypocritical.

Bernd.

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