I thought this might amuse some of you..sorry for the OT post. It was
some moron on LT's site. Doesn't know the history of Gnome..
*laugh*..seems like everyone is claiming to be a Free Software "writer".
cheers!
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From: "Anthony W. Youngman"
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:22:49 +0100
To: "'ben@whack.org'"
Subject: Re: There are real issues here ( Jul 22, 2001, 22:00:43 )
Are you on the same planet as the rest of us? Gnome is completely
GPL'ed..that's the reason it came into existence..because QT was not GPL'ed
and not blessed by the FSF. And this whole thing about linking..that's the
MS FUD line.
READ STALLMAN! HE PREFERS KDE BECAUSE KDE IS GPL'D AND GNOME IS NOT!
As has been pointed out elsewhere, GTK is licenced under the *L*GPL which
appeals to businesses. They can take it and use it, without giving back in
any manner whatsoever.
Becuase Qt is dual GPL/Commercial, businesses have a choice. They can pay TT
for a commercial licence, or they can use the GPL'd version - which means
their product has to be GBPL'd too.
Have you noticed a trend - a lot of "Free Software Writers" (myself
included) use the *L*GPL in order to avoid constraining business use, but a
lot of businesses freeing existing software use the GPL in order to either
*prevent* other companies taking advantage, or to extract licence fees from
those who do. There are very good reasons for choosing particular licences,
and the GTK/Qt division is an obvious example.
Check the licences. Gnome is NOT GPL, it's LGPL, which is NOT the same
thing.
Cheers,
Wol
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