As Linus isnt it seems aware of this its worth reminding the KDE people that
they DID NOT WRITE ALL THE CODE. Every line of GPL'd code taken from things
like GIMP at the express displeasure of the GIMP team for example. I don't
think anyone could argue about a KDE "pseudo GPL license" as it stands
now if it was all new code (ie the GPL but we think Qt is ok because...
license). Authors can pick any license the like.
> >The anti-KDE people are free to write their own code, but they don't have
> >the moral right to complain about other people writing other code. I
Just removal from GPL packages into a not quite GPL environment of
other peoples code.
> >despise people who do complain, and I won't be sucked into the argument.
> >But feel free to forward this as you see fit.
Too late Linus. Assuming of course you don't want people to release large
chunks of kernel you cant modify - but of course thats ok because we'll
give you a license to use it for no money, and its on a library even if
its needed to make the OS work. Thats the KDE argument put brutally into
kernel terms "Linux is an OS product linked on top of my proprietary binary
only I2O driver interface module, but thats OK cos Linus said KDE was ok
and KDE is allegedly GPL and dependant totally on a non free product.
Hell lets release a proprietary mm layer too and sell that one"
Neither case when you take GPL code from other places is ok.
Alan
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