corection qt is open source but gtk has no restrictions on use

Ed Cogburn edcogburn at hotpop.com
Sat Jul 23 16:14:06 UTC 2005


Lee Braiden wrote:

> On Friday 22 July 2005 20:32, Ed Cogburn wrote:
>> Newsflash:  To people who believe in Free Software as opposed to Open
>> Source, the GPL IS THE BEST LICENSE THERE IS
> 
> You're aware that the two are very much related, right? ;)


Indeed I am, related but not identical.  I'm also aware that the FSF folks
prefer you use the GPL over the LGPL, and I know why.  Do you?  Hint: RMS
treats the LGPL as an unwanted step-child.  Why do think they changed the
'L' in its name from 'Library' to 'Lesser'?  Perhaps because they consider
the GPL to be 'Greater'?  :)  I think its very safe to say that the FSF
folks are *happier* to see Qt under the GPL rather than the LGPL.






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