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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Motif Loophole
From:       Kevin Forge <forgeltd () usa ! net>
Date:       1998-04-07 19:24:53
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Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote:
> 
> -> Writing GPL Motif programs is ok, because LessTiff exists.
> -> Writing GPL Qt programs should be ok, because Harmony exists.
> 
> The only difference, to me, seems that Harmony is less complete than
> LessTiff, which seems to be a side issue given the fact that LessTiff is
> NOT an identical replacement for Motif.
>
Neither is Harmony an identical replacement to QT.  However that might 
change at any time. 
>
> Hence Qt should be able to slip through the crack through which Motif has
> slipped.
> 
> Is this reasoning incorrect?
> 
No.  It gets even better.  The worst that can happen with QT is that
Troll Will abandon it and we will be stuck with the current bugs.  No
big problem since FreeQT is now a proven concept ( it can be done 
and is partway working ), if the worse were to happen then we could 
continue to use QT until FreeQT was ready.  Will the rest of the 
Free software people accept this reasoning ?  Not likely since they 
can display religious zeal like the rest of us :)
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