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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: [knghtbrd@debian.org: QPL v0.92+knghtbrd1]
From:       Jules Bean <jmlb2 () hermes ! cam ! ac ! uk>
Date:       1998-12-30 14:26:00
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On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Andreas Pour wrote:

> Raul Miller wrote:
> 
> > Andreas Pour <pour@mieterra.com> wrote:
> > > And the GPL zealots claim nothing is compatible, b/c Section 2 of the
> > > GPL requires the "entire source code" to a binary distributed under
> > > Section 3 to be licensed under the GPL.
> >
> > Straw man.
> 
> You are totally shameless.  If I thought it would do any good I could
> point to the multiple places you and others have made this claim (you most
> recently not even a few weeks ago on this list), but anyone paying
> attention to these matters already knows this.
> 

That is an unjustified attack.

If Raul becomes off-hand in his responses to you, it is simply because
you have repeatedly failed to understand something he has explained in
some depth.

Please understand, Andreas, that Raul, Adam and I (to name three people
who have been taking this line) are not stupid, nor are we wicked, nor are
we trying to mislead.  We may, of course, be mistaken (although, if I
thought that, I wouldn't have continueed with the argument).

When I have the time (probably early in the new year) I intend to set up a
web page answering, and explaining in as much depth as possible, the
interaction the GPL has with other licenses.  I will be consulting with a
lawyer who has worked in a software company for a long time on IP issues.
When I have produced this page, I will advertise it here and on
debian-legal (as well to a few people in particular, probably RMS) for
comments.

Jules

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