> Now, I won't install Qt even for the parts of KDE I like. This is the really sad part about this whole mess. Qt is a nice library. Non-free, but not everything has to be free. But because of the refusal of the KDE developers to FIX THE KDE LICENSE PROBLEMS, a lot of people are being turned off of Qt! Qt doesn't deserve this, and I think the KDE team should: 1) fix their license problems, and 2) apologize to Trolltech.
To the KDE team: it doesn't matter whether you believe that the GPL is compatible with Qt. The GPL may be open to interpretation, but that's not relevant -- the biggest problem with the KDE license is the existence of the controversy! Which isn't going to go away unless you persuade RMS to accept your interpretation (good luck!), or you add an exception clause to the license, or switch to a GPL-compatible library. Until one of those three things happens, KDE is doing Troll a disservice. (Fourth option: get a ruling from a judge in every country KDE is used in.) If I were building a linux distribution I would not include KDE even *if* I were willing to admit that your interpretation of the GPL *might* be right -- which I am. I'd want to be sure! (Unless I had deep enough pockets to feel that the risk was worth it.) But then I live in the USA, where people sue at the drop of a hat. -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | above, but it is too long to fit into http://www.dsp.net/xtifr | this .signature file.
