On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 12:54:05PM +0200, Francesco Tapparo wrote: > > Or convince the "donors" of significant chunks of code (whether they > > realize they have donated it or not *g*) to grant permission for their > > code to be used with Qt. Any solution that really truly fixes the > > problem will require this anyway. > > > > NO, please. The __KDE__people__ must substitute the code they stealed. > Otherwise the message we give is: > > Yes, our code is GPL'd, but if you break it do'nt worry: we'll donate it to > you. > > The KDE people have already written a lot of code: they can sure substitute the > stealed code. A great much of the so-called "stolen" code was used with permission. That permission needs to be put in writing. Code used without permission needs permission to be given, or it needs to be replaced. Since you're a self-proclaimed GNU fanatic, I'm not going to argue that with you, but it is what they are legally required to do. > > All right, all right... I'll work on the license today. It will be > > The wrong answer to the correct question. I'm so pleased you've taken the time to judge a license you've never seen. -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- <Iambe> conning the most intellegent people on the planet is not easy
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