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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Live and let live
From:       Kevin Forge <forgeltd () JAMWEB ! NET>
Date:       1998-10-12 13:35:39
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taylorcc wrote:
> 
> Reply-To:
> On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 12:03:51PM -0700, Alex wrote:
> 
> > > Debian has stated *several times* "fix your licences and KDE can come back.
> > > The only thing that does NOT help with regard to this issue is ignorance
> > > and arrogance at the KDE side.
> >
> > To me this seems like arrogance on the part of Debian.  "We're Debian and
> > we want to bully you into changing your license to suit our ideals".
> 
> Debian can't legally ship QT as part of the distribution making KDE GPL
> compliant (QT being a part of the dist. as in SuSE, Caldera, etc) thus either
> KDE changes the license, or it can not be included.  Debian is not saying
> change your stuff because we want you to believe what we think, just that if
> you do not change we can not ship KDE legally.  You can not ask KDE to ship
> QT as other dists are because its not legal.  Sorry if I repeated the same
> thing to many times, I was just trying to make things clear on all points (did
> I?).
> 
But since QT shipping is only illegal under Debian law ....

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