FW: FW: Qt and the GPL

[Nelson Rush]

-----Original Message-----
From: Free Software Foundation [mailto:gnu at gnu.org]
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 3:49 PM
To: palisade at users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: FW: Qt and the GPL


> In this case, I think it would help everyone a great deal if the FSF added
> a page to their web site that simply enumerated all the combinations of
> ways to statically and dynamically link free and non-free software to
> create free and non-free software, and then indicate whether the GPL
> and LGPL allow or forbid it.  (A sentence or two of explanation might
> also be a good idea, for some cases.)

Basically, this information is provided at
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html.

Also, there is no legal distinction between dynamic and static linking, so
the issues are the same for both.

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