Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrey Berezin" <> | Subject | RE: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing | Date | Tue, 14 Jul 1998 15:51:13 +0400 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > [mailto:owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu]On Behalf Of Tim Smith > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 1998 5:53 PM > To: Terry L Ridder > Cc: kde@lists.netcentral.net; gnome-hackers@nuclecu.unam.mx; > linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing > > > At 08:10 AM 7/12/98 -0500, Terry L Ridder wrote: > >1. Motif has been mentioned. > >Answer: Motif is a non-issue. The Lesstif project was begun with the > >sole purpose of providing a GPL'ed replacement for Motif. Lesstif is > >a viable alternative for Motif. In the distant past Motif may have > >been an issue but no longer since Lesstif does exist. > > Motif has been mentioned as an example of GPL'ed code linked with > non-GPL'ed code as an illustration of the "normally distributed with the > system" aspect of GPL. The existence and possible viability of Lesstif is > irrelevant to this. > > >3. The FSF has stated that the QT library is not a system library > >and therefore it is against the GNU GPL to link GNU GPL'ed source > >code against it. > > Unless I missed the FSF's appointment to an open judicial position, their > opinion carries no more legal weight than anyone else's. > > --Tim Smith > > > - > 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.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html > >
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