On 09/10/2012, at 6:52 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 08/10/12 21:57, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> I am arguing against the entire reason for having this thread. >>> Vishesh >>>> shouldn't have to go around worrying about this crap just >>>> because RedHat has bad lawyers and has double standards when it >>>> comes to the software they are shipping. >> not so easy in the US >> > We claim to be about freedom, but freedom for us implies that we > respect others. Whether you like it or not, laws vary from country to > country. More liberal countries allow things that others don't. > Since distros ship across such boundaries the default has to be > "safe". I'm not a coder, but it seems to me that the plugin system is > the right answer.
As an application developer (and a coder) I agree with Anne. The more loosely KDE is bound to particular external packages and libraries, the better it will be. Indeed, I would dearly like to see the total removal of any dependency of KDE libs on Nepomuk itself. Why? Because I do not think developers should have to spend time, continually, every time a version changes somewhere along the line, chasing up the dependencies of a package they might never use (i.e. Nepomuk). I see this as a form of taxation. I pay, by having to spend extra time installing KDE libs, but others benefit (presumably). Cheers, Ian W. >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
