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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: QT Designer _NOT_ under QPL.
From:       Neil Stevens <multivac () fcmail ! com>
Date:       2000-08-16 6:20:18
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Joseph Carter wrote:
> This is a hopeless impasse.  Debian wants KDE.  Debian's policies
> require that KDE have a clear and explicit license.  It doesn't, KDE
> believes an implicit one is enough, and Debian will not change its
> policy.

Well... if Debian has chosen a policy that precludes the inclusion of GPL 
software that links to QPL software, that's fine. But, if Debian wants to 
include KDE and Qt Designer at the same time, then that's Debian's 
problem, not KDE's or TrollTech's problem.

The Debian developers and users need to accept that being faithful to a 
set of principles outside of the mainstream will sometimes require 
sacrifices.  That's a fact of life.  Rather than pointing fingers at KDE, 
and complaining that KDE doesn't abide by the chosen policy, Debian 
developers need to take responsibility for their choice.

The global marketplace of ideas will decide whether Debian's view is the 
"correct" one.

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Neil Stevens
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neil@qualityassistant.com

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