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> From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
> Subject: Re: Who has the hearts and mindshare of X developer Gnome or KDE?
> Date: 17 Nov 1998 22:26:48 GMT
> Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
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> References: <mIE32.6003$Lj2.3312484@news.rdc1.on.wave.home.com> <72opv3$d4t@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> <72q63r$tg0$1@palladium.transmeta.com> <72spj0$s52$2@knot.queensu.ca>
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> 
> In article <72spj0$s52$2@knot.queensu.ca>,
> Bob Tennent <rdt@NOSPAM.qucis.queensu.ca> wrote:
> >
> >There will always be idiots; but surely the more serious objections
> >that have been raised about KDE have nothing to do with the quality
> >of the product but with the legality of their use of Qt with GPLed
> >software.  See, for example,
> >
> >http://www.redhat.com/redhat/qtlicense.html
> >
> >This isn't about using the GPL as a weapon; it is (apparently)
> >about respecting the terms of the GPL adopted by other software creators.
> 
> I have heard the argument, but I haven't heard any real argument why it
> wouldn't just be ok to ship Qt with the OS.  Something SuSE does do, and
> Red Hat could do.
> 
> One difference between SuSE and Red Hat is that the former operates in a
> country where people don't sue each other over coffee being too hot. Oh,
> well,
> 
>                 Linus


Regards,
Yannai.

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