On Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 03:24:04PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Fri, Mar 12, 1999 at 10:12:17PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > > At the moment, there's still a problem where [oversimplified:] the QPL > > > requires that whenever you distribute the program you give Troll a copy. > > > > That makes it non-free.. *sigh*. Is this the only issue that makes these > > two licenses incompatible? > > Oversimplified doesn't BEGIN to describe it. I'd go as far to say > grossly inaccurate and otherwise not true. The EXACT WORDING is far less > sinister:
[...] What about the other issue, that the original copyright holder (in case of Qt that's Troll Tech) can relicense the modifications (I hope I didn't mess this up, it's from memory). This clause was intended (if I have this right, excuse me if not) to make non-free license of Qt still possible. That would make QPL and GPL incompatible, because this restriction is not allowed with GPL'ed software. I apologize if I got this wrong, I am offline right now and can't check in a quote here. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
