-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Besides, Qt is 'almost-free' software. If it doesn't become a runaway > commercial success, I'd bet Troll Tech would re-release it as free > software after a few years. Troll is using a different economic model for generating revenue than other free software companies. They get other people to write free software (for zero cost to them) on one platform so they can sell it under their own license commercially on other platforms. They prevent those same authors from redistributing the free software they wrote on those other platforms (anything other than the X Window System). The X Window System is likely to be replaced, at which point your Qt-based free software will become very non-free. Sounds like a losing bet. Why exactly is Qt almost-free? It's a scam. Just because some free software authors have been snookered into it, doesn't mean we should put all of our hopes and dreams at the whim of a company that works against our interests, our goals, and the free software community. If Linus, GNU, X11, or BSD had used such as license, would Debian exist? Would Linux be what it is today? No. - - Dan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBM3mxmKkybebRDjw1AQF2VQQA1dYZEaLJklPnFYu8DB35zrJMxmE+B5Br OuIm+wYX4X6R8EruPEXOxl1wLV95rIyF9RirRspN/usbSJQjpH/eDEVfyBt6iJB9 dSWE7yimL1MZjdXccnCQiQzZiycJvux7JZH5wF6LpAclv2lcD/JvC8JZ52x8o8yk 34oBmHMKtHA= =wZnt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
