[techtalk] KDE / OpenSource

[joey tsai]

> > > And the GNOME project hast included some of the KDE code, thus, the
> > > relevant programs obviously are part of a chain reaction.
> > 
> > No, you do not need permission to link GPLed (KDE) code against GPLed
> > (Gnome) code.
> 
> Of course not -- but as soon as you take GPLed code from KDE and include it in
> your code, you agree with that it is OK that KDE is GPLed and that there is no
> licencing problem.     

I'm not sure if I'm following what you're saying, but KDE /is/ GPLed.  But it
/should/ be under another license (ie GPL with QT stipulation).

As far the source goes, KDE is free software, it's just not very useful until
it's linked against QT.

Now, I could see what you're saying if the Gnome folk grabbed KDE code that
linked with QT, but that's not the case.