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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: [freeqt] Re: FreeQt concerns
From:       Alan Cox <alan () cymru ! net>
Date:       1998-04-06 17:12:54
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> 1. ... now that X11 belongs to The Open Group (and is not under GPL), it
> is no longer "correct" to link with libX11? Linus doesn't ship that in his
> tarballs either. 

XFree is as free or freer than the GPL so its a non issue. XFree will
also btw be remaining truely free Dirk Hohndel stated that explicitly.

> 2. ... legally speaking, all that "GNU/Linux is the OS" stuff was smoke
> and mirrors? 

My legal advisors think so, from the GPL point of view.

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