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> >systems because I have to. KDE just might change my mind. It is, IMHO, the
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> The Debian project leader, Bruce Parens, is hoping that GNOME
> (http://www.gnome.org) will become The "desktop" environment for X.
> The problem with KDE is that it is based on Qt which has a creative (or
> strange depending on one's perspective) license which does not pass the
> Sunsite or Debian criteria for free software
thats an interesting way to put it ;-) it is kindof confusing
as far as i know (for what thats worth) qt allows free distribution
for freely distributed products -- but maybe there is a twist that
wont allow placement on debian or sunsite?
but qt requires purchased license
for commercial distributions -- i read through their documentation
very briefly and it looks like individual licenses are required for
each developer/development station but then unlimited runtime
libraries (either dynamic or statically linked) can be distributed
with the apps dependent on qt (which is an ok deal)
what do you think?
> (http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html#guidelines). The problem
> with the GNOME project is that it is very young and is experiencing
> growing pains.
;(
--mike
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