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SubjectRe: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing
At 04:40 PM 7/12/98 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
>> FSF thinks that Motif is part of the Unix operating system, and so linking
>> against Motif libraries is fine.
>
>No it doesnt. The FSF thinks that Motif comes in the base distribution of
>some Unix OS's.

I fail to see the distinction. Here is the wording from the GPL:

"However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not
include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary
form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself
accompanies the executable."

>> At least one major Linux distribution includes Qt as part of the system,
>
>That isnt a base distribution. The kernel too comes in the base
>distribution btw so we can all go make nonfree variants right ?

Suppose that the Motif exception applied to Qt. Please explain how this
would allow me to make a nonfree variant of the Linux kernel.

--Tim Smith




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