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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] KDE for Non-Techies
From:       Thomas Thym <ungethym () mevin ! net>
Date:       2010-09-07 15:25:34
Message-ID: AANLkTi=79knPiDwqF=WivNxU+9FKqn1+s00eZ+hspVpO () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi Henry,

there were some license issues at the beginning of KDE (concerning
Qt). Those issues were solved long long gone. Qt is now under the LGPL
and the whole KDE software is completely free software.

It's a little bit scary that this wrong arguments still keep coming up
these days.

Cheers,
Thomas

Reference:
e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kde

2010/9/7 Thomas Thym <ungethym@mevin.net>:
> Hi Henry,
> 
> there were some license issues at the beginning of KDE (concerning
> Qt). Those issues were solved long long gone. Qt is now under the LGPL
> and the whole KDE software is completely free software.
> 
> It's a little bit scary that this wrong arguments still keep coming up
> these days.
> 
> Cheers,
> Thomas
> 
> Reference:
> e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kde
> 
> 
> 2010/9/3 hbkeultjes <hbkeultjes@earthlink.net>:
> > Greetings:
> > 
> > In preparation for the gathering at OLF I started going through saved
> > KDE materials and came upon the statement by Bruce Perens on why
> > UserLinux would only support GNOME.
> > 
> > It seems that the reason was that GNOME was totally free in any and all
> > circumstances while KDE could be burdened by licensing charges.
> > 
> > I am looking at a clear definition of what the status on that hassle is
> > now so I don't mind waiting a few days or even a few weeks to get that
> > because that seems to be a rather important aspect of trying to broaden
> > interest in KDE.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Henry Keultjes
> > 
> > 
> > 
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