Re: please use V

1996-11-28 Thread Tom Julien
Chris Fearnley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >[Removed debian-devel from the Cc: list as this is beyond Debian >policy.] Followed Bruce's distribution list, but thank you for the info. >Have you looked at the Aladdin Ghostscript Free Public License? Peter >Deutsch has thought a lot about these is

Re: please use V

1996-11-26 Thread Mark Eichin
> It's difficult enough to promote freeware in industry with > the common "lack of support" misperception. Combine this I'd suggest that rather than "fixing" that with wierd licenses, you just do better marketing. Works for us :-) _Mark_ <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: please use V

1996-11-26 Thread Chris Fearnley
'Tom Julien wrote:' > >IMHO, a license like Qt's is long overdue. It makes a fine >commercial product available to both X11 and Win32, yet it >provides a great mechanism to promote freeware/open standards >like Unix/X11 *over* propriety ones. Troll's reasoning for >not allowing modified versions

Re: please use V

1996-11-26 Thread Tom Julien
Please note: the following is in no way intended as flame to Bruce, Debian, or the FSF... [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens) writes: >From: William Burrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> While the Qt authors may have different concerns than Knuth does over >> TeX, the idea may be the same: modified versi

please use V

1996-11-23 Thread Bruce Perens
From: William Burrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > While the Qt authors may have different concerns than Knuth does over > TeX, the idea may be the same: modified versions may reflect badly on > Troll Tech. I understand their concern, I just don't share it. Debian doesn't place this sort of restriction