On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Ruairi Newman wrote:
>> Thanks Paul. I see what you mean and on reflection I was wrong.
>> However this opens up a new question: As the GPL is the only license
> included for the majority of the KDE code, and KDE is in violation of
> it, then isn't KDE as a whole potentially unlicensed?
>
nope.. it'll fall under what default licences are prescribed by
law. which i suspect might mean that most people using KDE in most
countries are not /explicitely/ licensed to use KDE.
The authors still have copyright.
> Regards,
>> Ruairi
>>
--paulj
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