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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Trick Question :)
From:       Kevin Forge <forgeltd () JAMWEB ! NET>
Date:       1998-10-16 13:51:32
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I asked him and he replied.
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Richard Stallman wrote:

Kevin Forge wrote

>>    If Microsoft were to include the GCC Compiler for Win32 on it's
>>    Windows NT 5.0 CDs along with the full source code for that compiler 
>>    ( It would install with the OS using the same installer and may even
>>    be a default component ).
>>
>>    Would this violate the GPL ?
>
> I don't see a violation, but since you say it is a trick question,
> could you tell me why?

>> Below is a reply to my question about the exception and what makes
>> a "normal part" of the OS.
 
> Could you please inform them that "part of the operating system"
> is not the criterion that appears in the GNU GPL?
> 
> The actual criterion is this:
> 
>     However, as a
>     special exception, the source code distributed need not include
>     anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary
>     form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
>     operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
>     itself accompanies the executable.
> 
> While it is clear that SuSe can distribute Qt as part of their variant
> of the GNU/Linux system, I don't think that SuSe's actions can make it
> true that Qt is normally distributed with the kernel, the compiler, or
> any other such major component of the OS.

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