On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Lars Wirzenius wrote: > [ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. ] > > This discussion of the Qt copyright is beginning to sound like > a flame war. Could we please end it and do something productive > instead?
I second the motion..... > > Summary: > > - Debian has a policy about copyrights, and it's not likely > change. Read it in chapter 2 of the Debian policy manual > (included as /usr/doc/dpkg/programmer.html in package > dpkg-dev, for example). > > - Qt's copyright does not allow us to put it, or anything > that depends on it, in the main distribution. > > - Qt's copyright may be incompatible with the GPL, because > of various requirements the GPL makes, even though Qt's owners > are happy with the GPL. See Ian Jackson's analysis, posted to > debian-user on November 18. We may need to ask a lawer or the FSF > to decide this. > > - Everyone would like a nice GUI library for Debian, but > Qt can't be it unless it's copyright is changed. > > - V is LGPL'd, seems to be good enough, and is therefore > a better choice for programs that need to go into the > main distribution. > > > > Juan Casero email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ _ / / (_)__ __ ____ __ / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / . . . t h e c h o i c e o f a /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ G N U g e n e r a t i o n . . . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
