*- On 4 Oct, Eric G . Miller wrote about "Re: In case anyone was wondering where kde.tdyc.com went." > On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 06:03:37PM -0400, B. Szyszka wrote: >> Is there any particular reason why the Debian and/or KDE mirror sites >> don't offer the apt sources? Getting at least half of the KDE mirrors out >> there to mirror the apt sources would be heaven. Gnome has a buttload >> of apt sources, why can't KDE? > > Debian folk have determined that the QT license is incompatible with > the GPL. Hence, KDE stuff is bound to a non-free license... I'm not > sure it makes a lot of sense considering the other "non-free" software > that is distributed...
It is not that Qt is incomaptible it is the fact that KDE is linked to software under a non GPL license and KDE is under the GPL. This violates the GPL. See http://www.debian.org/News/1998/19981008 for all the specifics. Keep in mind that this is for Qt v1, Qt v2 is under a different license so things are starting to change for the better. -- Brian Servis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
