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correct me if I am wrong about the QT licence, but isn't it still free,
they just refuse to put the GPL on it to give it's being free more power
then their statement " we are going to continue to have this free"

David Lang

On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Gerhard Mack wrote:

> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 22:14:42 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Gerhard Mack <gmack@imag.net>
> Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> To: Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net>
> Cc: Matthew Hawkins <matt@mail.goldweb.com.au>, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: bitkeeper
>
> On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Edward S. Marshall wrote:
> [snip]
> > That, frankly, isn't the point. See http://www.opensource.org/ sometime,
> > and see what the point Raul is trying to make is by not using something
> > with a psuedo-free license is (much the same reason why many people won't
> > use Qt).
>
> Ok I'm gonna ask..
>
> I can see the point about Qt since you need it to build kde, but what is
> wrong with using development utils that are non free? If the license over
> affects us we can simply stop using it can't we? It's not like anything
> would require it to run.
>
> Gerhard
>
> PS I don't care either way just want that point clarified so I can make an
> informed decision minus the rhetoric.
>
> --
> Gerhard Mack
> irc-admin skyline.starchat.net
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> gmack@imag.net
> InnerFIRE@starchat.net
>
> As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
>
>
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