On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, C. Hennessy wrote:
> Hence the GPL is also called a virus - once it gets into ANY part of
> any library/code you use, then all of the other pieces must also
> come under the GPL.
>
yep.
> in relation to KDE - he requested that the KDE developers "beg for
> forgiveness"
i think you have to look at from the legalities POV. (which i think is
the way he meant it).
reading a picture of RMS with horns sprouting out his head, gleefully
rubbing the palms of his hands together and grinning "they will bow to
me" into it is going a bit far.
> Another thing : if I understand RMS, his prefered license is the
> GPL, but now GNOME is licensed under the LGPL, and KDE under the
> GPL - so what's the chances of hime "preferring" KDE ?
>> Con
>>
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