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From: | David Kastrup |
Subject: | Re: [LMAO] El Reg: "GPLv2 - copyright code or contract?" |
Date: | Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:51:53 +0200 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes: > In the case of Qt, it seems the parties in dispute reached a > satisfactory resolution. I think that is a somewhat unfair characterization. That the end result is quite satisfactory for KDE/Qt users may be partly attributed to the FSF not moving an inch, but "the parties reached" is really suggesting a kind of bilateral process that was not involved here. The credit for the current state certainly belongs to Trolltech. Any credit to RMS is not for changing but rather for declaring his position. -- David Kastrup
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