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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Jan 2009 09:54 UTC, submitted by Almar

After Nokia purchsed Trolltech last year, doubts arose about how Nokia would handle the dual licensing model of Qt, the advanced cross-platform toolkit which lies at the base of the KDE Free software desktop. As it turns out, these doubts were unfounded, as Nokia today announced it's going to add the LGPL to Qt's licensing model, starting with Qt 4.5.

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RE[3]: Fantastic!

by Soulbender on Wed 14th Jan 2009 11:07 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Fantastic!"

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2005-08-18

Stallman never claimed that software "has to be free". He has never made any statement (that I'm aware of) to the effect that non-free software should somehow be outlawed or illegal

He certainly makes the impression that that is what he means, though.

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RE[4]: Fantastic!

by RawMustard on Wed 14th Jan 2009 11:16 in reply to "RE[3]: Fantastic!"

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2005-10-10

You're misunderstanding the difference between free as in "No Money" and free as in free to do what you like "Freedom".

Stallman has only advocated free as in "Freedom" not free as in "No money"!

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RE[5]: Fantastic!

by Soulbender on Wed 14th Jan 2009 11:30 in reply to "RE[4]: Fantastic!"

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2005-08-18

Stallman has only advocated free as in "Freedom" not free as in "No money"!

Really? I can do what I like with code under the GPL? i don't have to make derived source code available? This is surely news to me!

Also note that I said it's the impression he make. The impression you make can be quite different from what you're actually trying to say.

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