On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 01:59:10AM -0700, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > What is the current stance on programs that bind to qt 2.x which is using > the QPL 2.0 license and are GPL'd or LGPL'd?
Qt 2.0 with LGPL, no problem Qt 2.0 with GPL, problem Same stance, has never changed. The GPL does not allow linking with Qt 2.0. The people who write GPL apps using Qt 2.0 know this by now. KDE knows it, that's for damned sure. Those authors who care have added the necessary permissions. KDE hasn't and won't because then they'd have to give up being able to use GPL'd code. Troll Tech of course stays conveniently on the sidelines. Enough people like KDE because it's good and easy to use that the "It works" factor overrides the "It's illegal to do that" factor. Every now and then Troll Tech makes a token gesture that they are interested in making Qt 2.0 and later GPL compatible to keep certain people satisfied with their attempts at doing the right thing. I'm not satisfied. -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key 1024D/DCF9DAB3 Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org/) 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC The QuakeForge Project (http://quakeforge.net/) 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 <Delenn> I wouldn't make it through 24 hours before I'd be firing up the grill and slapping a few friends on the barbie. <spacemoos> Why would you slap friends with barbies, thats kinda kinky
