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List:       kde-freeqt
Subject:    Re: [freeqt] Harmony Revival
From:       Mark <mark () mjm ! net>
Date:       1999-03-25 22:56:59
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On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, David Price wrote:

> Wolfgang Thaller wrote:
> 
> > The only thing they could do then is to switch the KDE core libraries to
> > GPL, which would reduce the KDE community to a small group of "religious"
> > free-software hackers.
> 
> i am guessing that KDE is under the LGPL.  i'm not a lawyer, but i don't think
> they could switch from LGPL to GPL, since that would be taking away rights
> which have already been issued.  although they could possibly find a way to add
> new features under the GPL.

The kdelibs are under the LGPL. The apps are generally under the GPL,
although writing a BSD KDE app would probably be possible.

> i think that if harmony had enough developers, new features added to qt could
> be cloned fairly quickly.  and if additional features are added to harmony,
> some developers might decide to use them.

I agree with that.

L,

Mark
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