On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 11:33:15 +1000 (EST), Craig Sanders wrote: > > >the last sentence, from "However, as a special exception" is particularly > >relevant here. > > Sooooo, if Qt were disttributed with the OS then it would fall under > the special exception? :)
yes. however the point is moot. Qt is not, and can not, be distributed with debian. it is non-free, it fails the DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines) test. if Qt ever becomes DFSG free, then it can be included in debian, but i do not think that is likely to happen. (TrollTech have every right to license their software in the way that they choose, and they choose a non-free license. Neither I, nor anyone sensible, has any argument with TT's license...it's their software, they can do what they like with it.) craig -- craig sanders
