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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Address for gpl-qt petition?
From:       Joseph Carter <knghtbrd () debian ! org>
Date:       1998-12-21 19:10:44
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On Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 01:49:52PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> > I still say (as I have said from the beginning) that using the GPL itself
> > is a bad idea.  =p  It doesn't accomplish the goals Troll Tech has for Qt
> > and it doesn't accomplish the goals many of the rest of us have for it
> > either.
> 
> I fail to see what goal couldn't be accomplished with a simple statement
> of the form:
> 
>    To be accepted into the official Qt distribution, patches must be
>    licensed under both the GPL and the Qt Professional license.

Compatibility with BSD license (advertising clause), Artistic license
(various things), Netscape's licenses (various things), and other free
software license which are not compatible with the GPL.

-- 
NO ONE expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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