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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: ALWAYS FREE?
From:       Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date:       1999-09-13 10:27:40
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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Bernd Gehrmann wrote:

> 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.

You never link to the IDL file, so where's the problem?

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