From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 30 20:37:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA02807 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:37:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from kai.communique.net (Kai.communique.net [204.27.67.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA02794 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 20:37:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nectar@NECTAR.COM) Received: (from smap@localhost) by kai.communique.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) id WAA25635; Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:42:38 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: kai.communique.net: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.communique.net(127.0.0.1) by kai.communique.net via smap (V2.0) id xma025631; Sun, 30 Nov 97 22:42:15 -0600 Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:42:15 -0600 (CST) From: Jacques Vidrine X-Sender: nectar@kai.communique.net To: Alex cc: "hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Out of Box experience (Was: Re: How is selection made of what goes into CDrom?) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Yes, you heard discussion about a Linux KDE distrib, but at least the FSF doesn't want anything to do with it. Qt is free for non-commercial purposes. This doesn't seem compatible with the Berkely license. Jacques Vidrine On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Alex wrote: > > > On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Jacques Vidrine wrote: > > > > > Only KDE depends upon Qt, which doesn't have an appropriate software > > license. > > I think the basics are free for free software. Can't modify the source > for your needs. You can extend the classes. I think these details were > worked out when someone proposed kde on a cd. I also recall a discussion > about a KDE Linux distrib. ;-) > > - alex > >