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Re: KDE not in Debian?



On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 10:28:51AM +0000, Jules Bean wrote:
> In particular, the GPL demands that any derived work be distributed in a
> form which allows modification and redistribution of the modified work,
> source and binary.  The GPL further defines 'source' in such a way that it
> is clear that it includes the source to any required libraries. The QPL,
> however, forbids distribution of modified source and binaries, except
> under a few special conditions.

you're missing QPL's 6(c) which essentially does not allow software which
has not been released (to anyone) under the QPL.  That is just about
impossible to enforce and also clashes with teh GPL.

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Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org>                 Debian Linux developer
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<Mercury> alexsh: Be /VERY/ cairful, you could, if your unlucky, fry your
          motherboards..

<Knghtbrd> Mercury - sounds like fun

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