Re: KDE in hamm - let's have a vote
Hi,
>>"Oliver" == Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
>> Secondly, there is a small possibility that they chose the GPL in the
>> knowledge of RMS's opinion on this issue, and they intended their code to be
>> distributable under the GPL on Solaris, but not on Linux.
Oliver> As you say, a _small_ possibility -- vanishingly small, in my
Oliver> opinion, and in the case of KDE, non-existent.
If it is so nonexistant, how come they have not given the
power to distribute KDE even when linked with Qt? Are you saying the
KDE people are incompetent? After all, Kulow is sure to have informed
them by now.
>> If the licence said ``you can distribute this code on Solaris, but not on
>> Linux because I hate those chaotic loosers'' then I don't think you'd be
>> trying to say that distributing the code on Debian was complying with the
>> author's wishes.
Oliver> If any author felt this, he would say so.
Actually, they are indeed saying this, in effect, when they
use the GPL with no additional riders giving people the right to
distribute the software.
>> Without the clarification of a ``GPL, but also linkable against Motif''
>> licence, we should not be distributing this stuff, even if there is no court
>> in the world that would punish us for doing so.
Oliver> I can only say, that I disagree.
Umm, this is not a matter of opinion, really; the license
spells out when we have a right to distribute the software, and when
we do not.
manoj
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