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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: QT Designer _NOT_ under QPL.
From:       Joseph Carter <knghtbrd () debian ! org>
Date:       2000-08-21 8:30:03
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On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 07:45:22PM -0500, Kevin Forge wrote:
> > No, I don't give a rat's ass.  There are those who do, but in at least the
> > case of one of them I know he's a bit preoccupied with a new addition to
> > his family to worry about making the package.  As for the others, I don't
> > know.  RevKrusty cares enough to host unofficial debs, but not enough to
> > upload one of them to Debian it seems.  You'll have to ask him.
> 
> What's his Email address ?  And contrast to the new dad.
> ( What have I been waiting for ? )

The guy who maintains the unofficial KDE packages is rkrusty@debian.org.


> > We will not violate the QPL just as we will not violate the GPL.
> 
> Cool.  We'll just have to wait and see.
> 
> Rumor has it QT-2.2 will ship with a GPL compatible QPL-2.0
> I know.  I started that rumor and with no factual basis at all.

If that turns out to be the case, _I_ will ask RevKrusty to upload his KDE
packages (all of them) to woody and call the whole mess settled, happily
rid (I hope) of massive flamerwars dumped in my inbox every six weeks or
so.

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