[Kde-pim] Thread termination [was: Re: Respect the GPL! (was Re: License change.)]

[Christian Weilbach]

Am Sonntag 24 Juni 2007 schrieb Till Adam:
> On Sunday 24 June 2007 20:43, Daniel Molkentin wrote:
> > Am Sonntag 24 Juni 2007 schrieb Rudolf Germer:
>
> [snip]
>
> > While it would be a pitty to add a new module or soften the library
> > policy for one or two kdepimlibs libs, religious wars have no place in
> > this discussion, since a decision about "commerical development: good vs
> > evil" has already been made by taking over the the library policy from
> > kdelibs.
> >
> > When we decided over that policy, we wanted to allow commercial software.
> > Period.
>
> Please don't confuse commercial and proprietary. Companies like KDAB do a
> lot of commercial Free Software development, and a lot of commercial
> proprietary development, some of it using Free Software. libkleo, which is
> one of the bones of contention here, was in fact largely developed as part
> of a commercial project, as you well know. And in addition to personal
> beliefs of the authors, there are also solid business reasons to keep it
> GPL, not LGPL., interestingly. :)
>
> But let's stop this thread, it's not productive.
>
> Till

Dear Till,

as long as you respect the GPL, even if you make your money with it somehow, 
this is not a problem. But as soon as you redefine the principles of the GPL, 
especially change the definition of freedom, you break free software. I 
really like to see commercial development contribute as long as they keep the 
ideological basis of the GPL.

Cheers,
Christian

P.S.: This thread may not be productive but it may safe us some heavy problems 
in the future, if we all stand behind our rights on the code.
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