On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 10:44:07 +0200, Konrad Rosenbaum wrote: > > I think parts of the Debian+KDE discussion on the KDE Maillist will be > > interesting for you too.
On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 12:07:49PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > Quite frankly, I doubt it - I see numerous misunderstandings that have been > covered many times already. Yes. > > Qt is a Library, that means it is intentionally used by the program. As I > > know common practice the library does not "modify" the program but vice > > versa. Otherwise it wouldn't be allowed to link any GPL program to the > > LGPL'ed glibc or any other libc running on any sytem where GNU software is > > used. > > Bad example, for two reasons: the LGPL explicitly allows relicensing as GPL > (which the QPL or Qt1 license don't), and the GPL has specific exemptions > for major system components (like libc), which Qt isn't. Er.. these are tangential points, and not always applicable. [The exemption can never make a difference for Debian, for instance.] The real issue is that the LGPL doesn't impose any restrictions on the copying/distribution process beyond those already imposed by the GPL. None. End of story. -- Raul
