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Re: [SLE] Re: GNOME vs KDE Redoux
- From: Kevin Donnelly <kevin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 09:23:52 +0100
- Message-id: <200605020923.52393.kevin@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Monday 01 May 2006 20:48, Chuck Davis wrote:
> Why GNOME has garnerred the corporate
> support it has is a mystery to me.
I think it's something to do with the fact that a lot of GNOME is LGPL now, so
it's easier to tie proprietary stuff to it. I find this amusingly ironic,
seeing that de Icaza started GNOME because the then-Qt license wasn't "free"
enough ....
--
Pob hwyl / Best wishes
Kevin Donnelly
www.kyfieithu.co.uk - KDE yn Gymraeg
www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg
www.rhedadur.org.uk - Rhedeg berfau Cymraeg
www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD
> Why GNOME has garnerred the corporate
> support it has is a mystery to me.
I think it's something to do with the fact that a lot of GNOME is LGPL now, so
it's easier to tie proprietary stuff to it. I find this amusingly ironic,
seeing that de Icaza started GNOME because the then-Qt license wasn't "free"
enough ....
--
Pob hwyl / Best wishes
Kevin Donnelly
www.kyfieithu.co.uk - KDE yn Gymraeg
www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg
www.rhedadur.org.uk - Rhedeg berfau Cymraeg
www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD
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