From kde-devel  Sun Nov 07 20:45:57 1999
From: Ian Zepp <icszepp () islc ! net>
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 20:45:57 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Name changes to X Applications?
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=94200748703284

> > Upon repeated requests by application developers to see the changes they will
> > be releasing to their own code the developers are repeatedly told "No".
> 
> Under the terms of the GPL and LGPL, you are required to provide the source for
> binaries that you distribute. Until the binaries are distributed, I'm not aware
> of any part of the licenses that require you to release your source. That said,
> since we will now be able to work on the "active" 2.0 code stream rather than the
> 1.x, our development efforts can be much integrated with the rest of KDE in the
> usual manner.
> 

1) Even with beta's sources have to be available
2) It should also be apparent the idea of Open Source is not a
"we'll-release-after-we're-done" mentality, but rather
"we'll-release-as-we-go" so that people can test and change to make it
better.

Regards

Ian