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Subject: Re: QT Designer _NOT_ under QPL.
From: Neil Stevens <multivac () fcmail ! com>
Date: 2000-08-21 8:35:19
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On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Joseph Carter wrote:
> Of course, I won't pretend there isn't animosity toward KDE with at
> least a few people in the project. KDE has taken great pains to piss
> off anyone who dared disagree with them and still does. I still believe
> this is because KDE would rather see itself destroyed than admit they
> ripped people's code without permission. I have yet to see an admission
> that kghostscript has a licensing problem. It must have implicit
> permission to link Qt because ... well, because it does! And KDE can't
> make it explicit because .. well, because they don't need to since it's
> implicit.
>
> The fact that KDE does not own Copyright to ghostscript and has no legal
> basis to claim they have any permission other than that explicitly set
> out in the GPL doesn't matter. I am supposed to take them at their word
> that there are no licensing problems in KDE despite this blatant and
> obvious example of just how much of a lie that is! No, I've trusted KDE
> and taken them at their word too many times. KDE has no intention of
> doing anything about any of this and never will unless someone manages
> to slap them with a lawsuit for damages (which is kinda difficult to do
> with free software since there can't really be any damages to claim..)
> So we're back where we started. KDE has done nothing but try to tell us
> what they believe will or at least should quiet all dissent. Problem
> is, it's a pretty obvious lie.
If this is the case, why doesn't Aladdin or somebody sue Red Hat for
copyright violations? One measly test case would solve all these problems.
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Neil Stevens
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