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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: Liscencing Issue - Taking Action
From:       forge <forge () myrealbox ! com>
Date:       2000-06-10 20:26:16
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Another question.
What prevents Debian from including 
QT, QT-KDE-ADDON, KDESUPPORT and KDELIBS ?
Is there now a conflict between the LGPL, QPL, and BSD licenses ?

Maybe they would have included those things if they were sincere ?
As for changing the license.  There really is no reason to bother 
unless you think it is a *real* legal problem.

mosfet wrote:
> 
> troy wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> > > Is this really happening and official, or is this just something Troy wants
> > > to do? And if it is, I don't quite understand the changes - does it mean
> > > that KDE will no longer be using verbatim GPL/LGPL licensing?
> > >
> 
> This is not official. It's something Troy (who I never heard of)
> evidently decided to do on your own.
> 
> > >   Thanks,
> > >        Tim
> > >
> >
> > Please visit the following for more information:
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/06/135218&mode=thread
> > It shows the need for such a change.
> >
> 
> We don't change our licenses based on Slashdot articles.
> 
> > Basically it is simply adding a clause to be able to 'legally' link to the
> > GPL.  This is required by distros such a debain in order to include KDE.
> >
> 
> No it's not. They can include KDE at any time they like without legal
> ramification. US law has something called intent that applies to
> licenses, and saying applications in KDE CVS need to include specific
> provisions in order to link to KDE is foolish in the extreme. Users have
> the right to be able to use their programs, and Qt linking is a
> requirement. It does not need to be specifically stated in the license.
> 
> Many developers hacking in KDE CVS have discussed the issue and decided
> not to give into Debian's demands since they are legally unjustified.
> 
> Troy, you have the right to include anything you like in code that *you*
> write. If you don't like the licenses others choose to use for the free
> software they have written deal with it. Don't start going down a list
> of every KDE CVS users and start harrassing them to change. That is an
> extreme rudeness.
> 
> > Troy Unrau
> > jhtd@mts.net
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