RE: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing
Andrey Berezin (dron@multimedia.ru)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 15:51:13 +0400
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> From: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> [mailto:owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu]On Behalf Of Tim Smith
> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 1998 5:53 PM
> To: Terry L Ridder
> Cc: kde@lists.netcentral.net; gnome-hackers@nuclecu.unam.mx;
> linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Linus Speaks About KDE-Bashing
>
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> 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.
>
> --Tim Smith
>
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