Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Oct 1998 00:17:13 -0500 (CDT) | From | Shawn Leas <> | Subject | Re: bitkeeper |
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On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, David Lang wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > 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
No, it is Free-of-charge-moneywise, but there are restrictions on it making it non-free. It imposes restrictions making it non- kosher to bundle it (or parts of it) with any GPL/LGPL software.
The QT/KDE discussions, however, revolved around dependancy, which a STUPID issue, considering some GPL stuff used to (and still does) use Motif widgets.
-Shawn
> 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 > > > > gmack@imag.net > > InnerFIRE@starchat.net > > > > As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing. > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 > Charset: noconv > > iQEVAwUBNhhFcj7msCGEppcbAQG2LwgAmUE8ZsM/1JIY4JBLZpoCFh/ZecbSmPe0 > TQAXxxxbKeldtA84hFXcDOgArqUywyuD9CiR+BxXeuVDbMhtcGw9CkOllhLQN/Ds > qHJOYPE6t9/M8sH75g8adQCK/HX9t6Y+ah/3uVdwk4bvOGfq4K9Em0r4gPXrEZcr > ZzUBsArGcT4yRplZjMecRzijmuofr4MzVxtoPEdoLMXko46sp/1YseAAGKJEOVXX > ruVE0W7WKpX83lQcMpRGV0ZwiZupHOMyU9pSXNbttwzxoSQAyEsxZ2zd1ArM/LYg > XO/6SEhVcx16PbCLbDIlI9DX0YoSRQJ7ym1xmSX8oFtiFofRaOfDHA== > =rlIO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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