Re: KDE not in Debian?

[David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>]

Craig Sanders wrote:

> well, for one thing, it's not a "major component of the operating
> system" - it might be a major part of the OS's GUI but on unix a GUI is
> just another application, not a major part of the OS...but that may be
> debatable for some operating systems, so i'm not choosing to argue on
> that point. i don't think it's terribly important.

If GTK and Gnome are considered to be parts of the GNU System, why can't
Qt be part of Caldera OpenLinux?

> either Qt is NOT "normally distributed...with the major components...of
> the operating system", in which case any GPL-ed code linked with it can
> only be distributed under the same terms as the GPL, and that can't be
> done because the QPL is not compatible with the GPL.
> 
> *OR* it IS "normally distributed...", in which case the exception
> applies but it still isn't permissible to distribute Qt-linked GPL code
> when it is accompanied by Qt.

How are Motif or MFC any different in this regard?

David Johnson