Re: I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!?

1999-12-25 Thread Joey Hess
J.H.M. Dassen Ray wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 14:00:56 -0500, Brian Servis wrote: The KDE folks had/have no exception and thus were/are violating the GPL. Only if they're reusing other people's GPLed code, which reportedly they don't. Remember, an author isn't bound by the copyright

I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!?

1999-12-23 Thread Bart Szyszka
Hi, I just thought of something. I thought the whole reason why KDE wasn't included in the Debian download trees because of the licensing issues with QT. If that's the case, then why is QT included in the download tree?!? If QT is OK to put in there then what's the point of saying KDE can't be

Re: I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!?

1999-12-23 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 23 Dec, Bart Szyszka wrote about I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!? Hi, I just thought of something. I thought the whole reason why KDE wasn't included in the Debian download trees because of the licensing issues with QT. If that's the case, then why is QT included

Re: I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!?

1999-12-23 Thread Eric Gillespie, Jr.
On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 12:26:43PM -0500, Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just thought of something. I thought the whole reason why KDE wasn't included in the Debian download trees because of the licensing issues with QT. If that's the case, then why is QT included in the download

Re: I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!?

1999-12-23 Thread carlf
Bart Szyszka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just thought of something. I thought the whole reason why KDE wasn't included in the Debian download trees because of the licensing issues with QT. If that's the case, then why is QT included in the download tree?!? If QT is OK to put in there then

Re: I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!?

1999-12-23 Thread Bart Szyszka
QT v1 is included in the non-free section. The problem is that KDE is supposed to be under the GPL but is violating the GPL by linking to QT which is non-free. So Debian and others decided not to include KDE until they either fixed the licensing issues or QT became free. QT v2 is under

Re: I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!?

1999-12-23 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 23 Dec, Bart Szyszka wrote about Re: I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!? QT v1 is included in the non-free section. The problem is that KDE is supposed to be under the GPL but is violating the GPL by linking to QT which is non-free. So Debian and others decided

Re: I thought KDE wasn't included because of QT?!?

1999-12-23 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 14:00:56 -0500, Brian Servis wrote: The KDE folks had/have no exception and thus were/are violating the GPL. Only if they're reusing other people's GPLed code, which reportedly they don't. Remember, an author isn't bound by the copyright license she puts on her own