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[ILUG] RMS: KDE in violation of GPL

[ILUG] RMS: KDE in violation of GPL

Jimmy O'Regan jimregan at lit.compsoc.com
Wed Sep 6 13:38:47 IST 2000


On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Mark O'Herlihy wrote:

) On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 11:13:25 +0100
) Smelly Pooh <plop at redbrick.dcu.ie> wrote:
) > actually I presume QT is
) > LGPL and not GPL (isn't that standard for GPLed libraries so that apps written
) > using the library do not have to be GPLed also?).
) 
) No it's GPL. If you want to write non-GPL code you have to buy the library from 
) Trolltech, so they can still make their money.
No, it's triple-licensed GPL/QPL/commercial - you can still link non-GPLd
free programs, because of the QPL option, or you can pay for a commercial
license.
) 
) //\/\ark
) 
) 

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