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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    KDE tries to silence editorial's author
From:       Joseph Carter <knghtbrd () debian ! org>
Date:       2000-06-18 8:56:33
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The message is attached, my reply is here:

	http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00/06/17/2147218&cid=305

Other relevant URLS:

	http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=00/06/17/2147218&cid=281
	http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/17/2147218
	http://freshmeat.net/news/2000/06/17/961300740.html


This is how KDE deals with their license conflict these days.  They
threaten to sue anyone who dares challenge them.  I will not be silenced.

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Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>               GnuPG key 1024D/DCF9DAB3
Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org/)         20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC
The QuakeForge Project (http://quakeforge.net/)   44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3

<Crow-> who gives a shit about US law
<jim> anyone living in the US.



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Subject: Your posting on www.slashdot.org.

On www.slashdot.org you posted:
> What is the problem is that KDE has committed Copyright infringement.

Dear Sir,

According to one of our laywers statements like the one above can be 
considered libel. I kindly ask you to cease making such definitive public 
statements.

Kind regards,
Waldo Bastian
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