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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: RMS,Debian and KDE
From:       Steve Hutton <shutton () mediaone ! net>
Date:       2000-06-20 14:52:07
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Implicit permission to link against an incompatible library
> wasn't assumed for XForms-based GPL applications so Debian is not
> treating KDE code differently than other cases.  Three GPL'ed
> XForms-based applications were removed from potato and woody for
> a similar reason (GPL incompatible with XForms) even though the
> applications were written for XForms (and not ported to it).

Ah, so it is Debian's policy to exclude packages that even RMS
would say are legal to distribute.

> The removed packages are xfmix, xmysql and xldlas
> 
> http://www.uk.debian.org/Bugs/db/39/39521.html
> http://www.uk.debian.org/Bugs/db/39/39522.html
> http://www.uk.debian.org/Bugs/db/39/39524.html

Has anyone considered waging a campaign to force either
the authors of these packages or the authors of XForms to
change their license?

A good place to start might be a prominantly placed editorial
on freshmeat or slashdot.  If  enough anger could be drummed
up against them, surely they would eventually cave in.

Steve

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