Re: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Mon, 13 Jul 1998 18:44:32 -0300


In message <810CCC6435ADD1119E640060085BED6A15DE91@NT_FS1>, Brian Hurt
writes:
+-----
| On Monday, July 13, 1998 2:41 PM, Richard Stallman
| [SMTP:rms@santafe.edu] wrote:
| > Of course, there are thousands of non-free programs, and while this is
| > unfortunate, we don't spend our time worrying about them. So why is
| > Qt different? Because Qt sets a trap for free software developers in
| > a way that most other proprietary programs do not.
| How is this different from writing free software for, say, MS Windows?
+--->8

How, in particular, does this differ from cygwin32?

No, I don't actually expect a straight answer to that question; the whole
thing seems to boil down to everyone trying desperately to find ways to
reject any form of settlement. So much for "open source"... it dies in the
crossfire of two "open source" development groups being PROPRIETARY (I am
using the term precisely) at each other.

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