>>>>> On Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:52:32 +0300 (IDT), Shaya Potter <[EMAIL >>>>> PROTECTED]> said:
>> My main point was this: if the GPL has this clause about the >> components of a program being free, what with the large quantity >> of programs being Qtized, why haven't we seen any action? Shaya> Probably because it's allowed, doesn't the FSF distribute Shaya> emacs linked or with the ability to link out of the box Shaya> against Motif? Motif (and other 'normally distributed' libraries) on a system are an exception to this rule else no glped program could be linked on a system that uses it's standard libc (not gpled of course). Motif is considered a standard part of many Unix installations, so linking with Motif in that case is perfectly OK. (though of dubious legality on a Linux installation actually (since Linux does not distribute Motif as a standard part of the OS)). Qt, however, is _not_ a standard part of any Unix installation (except maybe a couple of Linux ones? SuSE?), so it doesn't fall under the 'normally distributed' clause (quoted below for fun). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The however part here is the important one. As to why we haven't seen any action: I'd bet none of the programs being Qtized are owned by the FSF and the authors haven't been informed for the programs (or they don't have a problem with it). Dres -- @James LewisMoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Blessed Be! @ http://www.dimensional.com/~dres | Linux is kewl! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
