On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 02:22:41AM -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. > > ok...unixODBC say's this: > > * All programs are GPL. * > * All libs are LGPL > > so..based on what your saying, the libs could go into main, but the programs > would be non-free...(or just not distributed)...
Since I have no idea what the HELL you're talking about, I can only assume you're talking about mixing GPL and LGPL licenses. If you are, I suggest reading the LGPL sometime. > and the source could go into main....since the interreaction of the gpl and > qpl is in the .deb form...and not the source form. > > that sound logical? Not without the slightest clue what you're talking about, no. -- 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 C'mere, come smell the door. -- Tracey Luke
