I wrote the previous message!!! I gotta be careful about editing headers! > Gregor Hoffleit wrote:
No he didn't! _I_ wrote that, but cut/pasted a `From' line along with the cc: line I wanted to paste into the header. Sorry! > > On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 10:59:54AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > > Peter S Galbraith writes: > > > > That is surprising. Should I lobby Qt about changing the license > > > > on the license? > > > > > > Why don't you just email them and ask permission? > > > > The point of keeping the license document under restrictive copyright > > is certainly this: Imagine somebody took the GPL document, changed > > some of its terms, and used this polluted GPL in a project under the > > name GPL. > > > > I guess Troll will certainly permit you to use the terms of their > > license, as long as you don't call it QPL. > > I sent the following to troll 3 days ago and have not heard back > yet: > > | A friend wants to make his software (which is unrelated to Qt) > | open-source for inclusion in Debian GNU/Linux, but wants some > | protection in case he ever decides to sell a derived-work version > | (inclusion of submitted patches). I suggested that he use the > | QPL as a template license, changing the license name, the > | software name, and putting his own name instead of Troll Tech. > | He'd also remove any clause that refer to being a library, since > | his software is not a library. > | > | We just realized that the QPL says: > | > | THE Q PUBLIC LICENSE version 0.92 > | > | Copyright (C) 1998 Troll Tech AS, Norway. > | Everyone is permitted to copy and > | distribute this license document > | > | We're allowed to copy it and distribute it, but we'd like > | permission to modify it to form a license for other software. > | Would you grant this permission? Would you consider changing the > | notice on the QPL to allow anyone to modify it as long as they > | changed the name of the license (to avoid confusion; you don't > | want multiple versions of QPL licences!) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
