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List:       kde-freeqt
Subject:    Re: [freeqt] Qt not truly Free Software yet...
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () itm ! mu-luebeck ! de>
Date:       1998-11-20 9:53:29
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Quang Ngo wrote:
> 
> From: Jo Dillon <emily@thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk>
> 
> >Hmm. Well, it's not allowed to put GPL code in anything not GPL (including
> >other free software licenses such as BSD). It's irritating that you
> >can't put Qt code in other software but I don't necessarily see that
> >as a big problem. The main thing we can now do is patch Qt and
> >distribute patched versions of Qt without having to talk to Trolltech.
> >I, personally, think that's close enough.
> 
> What if one day Trolltech pulls the plug on QPL and reverts it back to their
> current license?
> 
Look at the KDE Qt Free Foundation - that's impossible without the
agreement
of KDE :)

Greetings, Stephan

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