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Re: let's dump Qt

On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:

> I think it's time to remove Qt and Qt-derived applications from the
> distributon. By distributing it, we only encourage authors to create
> restrictive licenses.

Is that necessary?

I see where you're coming from - in fact, i also have a very strong
dislike of the Qt license restrictions (I wouldn't use** it or recommend
it to anyone because of those restrictions...regardless of any technical
merit it may have) - but i don't think it should be removed from the
distribution.

why not just leave it in non-free, where it belongs?


IMO, Qt's weird license seems pointless. If they just released their
library under the GPL then it would be fine to write freeware with it
(due to the GPL's in-built "license virus" :-), and they could also sell
support, manuals, and a commercial license which enabled distributing
non-freeware applications based on their library. This would be similar
to, but a lot simpler than, their current license. More people would use
their library to write freeware, which means that more people would
have experience working with it, increasing the potential market for
commercial licenses.


Craig


** if somebody packaged QT-Nethack for debian i'd probably play it :-)


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