On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 01:25:29PM +0200, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
Debian says that QPL is incompatible with GPL. Case seems clear cut, but then the KDE guys say that it's not true. And SuSE and others include KDE with their distrobution. I expect SuSE to have lawyers going trrough license terms, so how come that SuSE can distribute KDE and Debian can not?
The QPL does not meet the free software guidelines that Debian has established. As you know, Debian will only include software that meets those guidelines in its distribution. That is why they have never included KDE. Most, if not all of the work in KDE is covered under the GPL. Unfortunately, QT (the widget library) is owned by Troll Tech, and thus covered under the QPL. To be honest, the matter could probably be resolved quite easily. Unfortunately, this has become IMHO a pissing match. There does not seem to be any legal issue involved as far as including KDE in a distribution, otherwise Red Hat, SuSE, and others would not do it. I hope that helps :-) Victor -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/