Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Oct 1998 22:34:04 -0700 (PDT) | From | Tim Smith <> | Subject | Re: bitkeeper |
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On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Shawn Leas wrote: > 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.
Not being bundleable with GPL software doesn't make something non-free. E.g., MPL software doesn't mix with GPL software, yet MPL is considered free under the Debian/Open Source guidelines.
What makes Qt non-free under most definitions of "free" used for free software (e.g., the Debian/Open Source guidelines) are the restrictions on commercial use.
--Tim Smith
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