KIO->GnomeVFS bridge started (looking for a Common-VFS)

Benjamin Meyer ben at meyerhome.net
Tue Dec 21 19:41:18 GMT 2004


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> > 1) KDE libs are based on Qt and Qt is under GPL and not LGPL. A lot of
> > people think that's not a good choice for a basic library to be used by
> > everyone. I know you will tell me that there are workarounds for that,
> > but still ... for lots of people this is important. Not all "Open
> > Source" licenses are GPL compatible. And for some reason ALL other basic
> > libraries are LGPL (or even more libaral) licensed. Qt is really the
> > only basic library which is strictly under GPL. (Kernel and glibc are
> > GPL but have linking exceptions.)
>
>    Sorry, you're arguing that the choice of one -free- license vs another
> -free- license is more important than any other factor.  This is
> rediculous. Don't try to start up a license war here.
>
> > 2) Qt is one big block including GUI stuff (i have heard that is going
> > to be changed - QtCore - and that's definitely good news)
>
>   It is true, so this argument is irrelevant.

What?  When did this happen?  Url, link, something?  If this really is true 
then it is one of those shout from the rooftops things and can get Qt (and 
thus kde) lots of press :)

- -Benjamin Meyer

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