From kde-licensing Sun Aug 20 21:16:44 2000 From: Joseph Carter Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:16:44 +0000 To: kde-licensing Subject: Re: QT Designer _NOT_ under QPL. X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-licensing&m=96680596721968 On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 01:45:46PM -0500, mosfet wrote: > > > Nothing is really GPL compatible except the GPL. Not BSD, not X11, not > > > artistic, not anything. It all depends on what people feel like saying > > > is GPL compatible. > > > > I guess that means no. Too bad. I saw this as the only solution > > left for KDE's licensing problems. > > Well, *legally* most KDE apps are under the GPL and are totally fine > with the current QPL, but people still refuse to admit it. Troll Tech > can come up with a license that is just as compatible with the GPL as > any of the above but if it doesn't get the FSF's blessing it will be for > nothing anyways. It's what people *say*, not what is legally compatible > that matters. That is ONLY IF you are dellusional enough to believe that code borrowed from other applications in KDE (of which there is quite a bit) has value and no Copyright. KDE has never attempted to take inventory on this (indeed it would not be easy to do..) I'm sure it wouldn't surprise you that I believe this to be because they realize just how much there would be and how much of a problem it would cause if they had to admit now that there is not and could not be any implicit permission. Deny something enough and people might believe you. -- Joseph Carter 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 Debian - All the power, without the silly hat.