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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: KDE licenses
From:       "Roberto Alsina" <archiver () db ! geocrawler ! com>
Date:       2000-01-26 22:18:18
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> The easiest way for KDE authors to resolve the
> conflict caused by the QPL is by adding a note
> like this

>       Permission is also granted to link this
>       program with the Qt library, treating Qt
>       like a library that normally accompanies
>       the operating system kernel, whether or
>       not that is in fact the case.

> to the source files, after the notices that give
> permission to distribute under the GPL

Doesn't this keep the prohibition to ship KDE
along with Qt and the OS?

If Qt should be trated as a library that normally
accompanies the operating system kernel, then Qt,
if accompanies the executable, is subject to the
GPL requirements (the second half of that clause).

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