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SubjectRe: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing
    RMS, How about making GPLv3 say that you can't use the GPLv3+ on your
software if you are doing what KDE does?

As a practical matter, the GPL already says this, for most cases. It
says that linking the code with a proprietary library is forbidden,
except when that library accompanies a major component of the
operating system.

However, the copyright holder can always give permission for some
other way of using the software. Thus, no matter what the GPL says,
it can't stop the KDE authors from permitting linking their code with
Qt. However, it would be good for the KDE authors to put a statement
in their source files saying explicitly that they have given this
extra permission. That would help avoid confusing people.

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