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List:       kde-freeqt
Subject:    Re: [freeqt] Call to finish Harmony
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () itm ! mu-luebeck ! de>
Date:       1998-11-24 15:47:36
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Carl Thompson wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
May I introduce you to:
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-licensing&d=1&r=1&w=2&b=199810&e=199811
?

There you can surely find every argument against and pro KDE, Qt, GPL,
LGPL
and life itself :)

Greetings, Stephan

-- 
Carol: When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were 
handsome... and then, of course, you spoke. - As Good as It Gets

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