From kde-licensing  Tue Apr 08 07:29:38 2003
From: Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 07:29:38 +0000
To: kde-licensing
Subject: Re: QPL still needed?
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On Tuesday 08 April 2003 04:59, Kevin Forge wrote:
> The lack of clarity is in and of itself reason enogh to cover everyones
> asses with the QPL.
>
> The code in KDE itself is all compatible with the GPL.  However as you
> point out there are
> comersial QT apps out there.  

As I wrote in my previous email, that can be covered for with a little 
exception.

[snip]

> There might be apps onder the old BSD license or other none GPL
> compatible licenses.
>     I don't know of any specific ones (but they are probebly just
> unpopular).
>
> BTW: This license change would put TheKompany.com out of business.

??? What makes you think that? Please elaborate.

 Matthias