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List:       kde-freeqt
Subject:    Re: [freeqt] Call to finish Harmony
From:       Carl Thompson <cet () elinux ! net>
Date:       1998-11-24 15:41:02
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Stephan Kulow wrote:
> 
> Carl Thompson wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >      I am writing this message in order to persuade developers to finish
> > Harmony now instead of shelving it because of the QT license change.  I
> > think it would be best for Linux to have a completely free desktop.  I
> > don't think it's right for people to have to pay TT to develop
> > commercially for Linux.  I don't have to pay Cygnus to use egcs.  I
> > don't have to pay RedHat to use RPM.  Why should I have to pay TT to
> > write a commercial GUI program?
> >
> Try to develop a derived work out of egcs or rpm that is commercial and
> see FSF or RedHat suing you.

Who said anything about derived works?

> And as RMS stated several times, every work with a library is a derived
> work. So where's your point?

I am not sure what you think RMS says, but that is certainly not what the
GPL or LGPL states.

Carl Thompson

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