Re: Qt Xemacs ??
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On Monday 06 May 2002 13:48, Stefan Monnier wrote:
Stefan> No, the right way is to pretend the non-GPL code simply
Stefan> doesn't exist. If the resulting code happens to work with
Stefan> non-GPL Qt, then so be it.
> rms explicitly said he'd withhold permission for that.
I have a hard time believe he said that. Do you have a pointer to it ?
I strongly suspect that he said something else, pretty close but not
equivalent. More to the point, it's 100% clear that RMS' "freedom"
implies
that as a GPL-programmer you should be free to use any GPL code without
having to care whether or not a non-GPL version of the same API exists.
The GMP library (and its fgmp replacement) seems particularly relevant in
this context.
Stefan
I dont think its a good idea to have a fight with rms, besides i really agree
with him this time (well just some times i havent agree with him :) ), we
*should* put that configure test, yes at the end each one does what he
pleases inside his computer, but well at least he'd have to hack the
configure script or configure.in, i dont think the xemacs team would allow
code that doesnt test for the presence of windows and Qt togheter....i say we
gotta put the configure test....
Cheers...
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