[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Avus wrote: > > Unfortunately Debian didn't mention the system library clause and why > > *they* didn't want to use it (DFSG don't allow non-free libs to be part > > of the system). > > In order for QT to qualify as a Debian system library it would have to be a > 'required' package, and it would drag in X. No way are we going to bloat > the system like that. The 'system library' idea thus fails for purely > technical reasons.
X is required for a Desktop system. In Windows 95 the GUI is not required and I happily played quake on a ~1 meg Win95 Installation. Yet Winlib is a required component. The same goes for all the desktop versions of Unix where X is required and Motif is a basic system lib. That is why nobody ever questioned Gimp-Win32 or the 1.8 gazilion GPLed Motif apps.
