> At 08:10 AM 7/12/98 -0500, Terry L Ridder wrote:
> >1. Motif has been mentioned.
> >Answer: Motif is a non-issue. The Lesstif project was begun with the
> >sole purpose of providing a GPL'ed replacement for Motif. Lesstif is
> >a viable alternative for Motif. In the distant past Motif may have
> >been an issue but no longer since Lesstif does exist.
>
> Motif has been mentioned as an example of GPL'ed code linked with
> non-GPL'ed code as an illustration of the "normally distributed with the
> system" aspect of GPL. The existence and possible viability of Lesstif is
> irrelevant to this.
>
> >3. The FSF has stated that the QT library is not a system library
> >and therefore it is against the GNU GPL to link GNU GPL'ed source
> >code against it.
>
> Unless I missed the FSF's appointment to an open judicial position, their
> opinion carries no more legal weight than anyone else's.
The fact that they thought it did disturbs me. The fact that
anyone *else* ever thought it did also disturbs me. It would be nice if
all these legal gray areas surrounding the GPL/LGPL were resolved before a
GPL-hostile company takes someone to court and beats them up with
something we never though of because none of us are lawyers.
Jon
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