[lsb-discuss] Re: [lsb-futures] Qt libs ... included in the kernel 2.6 ... Why still blocked?

[Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando]

Nils O. Selåsdal wrote:

>On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 22:34, Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando wrote:
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>>Matt Taggart wrote:
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>>>"Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando" writes...
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>>>>Hi Friends,
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>>>>   In the past, I was a knight defending the Qt insertion in the LSB 
>>>>Specific.
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>>>>   Actually state is "Blocked", in the futures.
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>>>>       http://www.linuxbase.org/futures/candidates/index.html
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>>>>   Now, I download some days ago, the kernel 2.6-test9 and running 
>>>>"make xconfig" I found
>>>>a wonderfull evolution, not more based on Tcl/Tk but on Qt ... Yes, on Qt.
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>>>>   Now, that Qt is included in the Linux Kernel ... Are there some 
>>>>possibilities that become
>>>>"Active" and therefore UN-Blocked!
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>>>It's not blocked because people don't use it, it's blocked for license 
>>>reasons. 
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>>I know that very well ... But the Linux Kernel are using it!!!, in other 
>>words if someone that wants to
>>compile the kernel in graphical mode will compile the file:
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>>/usr/src/linux-2.6.0-test9/scripts/kconfig/qt.cc
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>Just fyi. There is gconfig as well (make gconfig) it unsurprisingly uses
>GTK.
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Yes. Is right! ... and is cool ;-)

Gotcha!

... Seems that the LinuxKernel inherits the GUI problem. This is just I 
WANT TO AVOID.

When, we will choose ONE? ... and discard the other?

I continue to like and prefer KDE and Qt. Sorry. It is more nice to work 
for.

>>that requeries the Qt library. What is the situation in this case about 
>>the licenses?
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>>Generally it is included ... in any case to avoid licenses restrictions, 
>>Qt must be used like ... the Linux kernel,
>>I think.
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>>... So, actually both the Linux Kernel and Qt are at the same level: GPL.
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>>Qt is GPL ...
>>http://www.trolltech.com/newsroom/announcements/00000043.html
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>Which is why I won't use it. I don't want to pay Trolltech. Nor
>do I want to GPL my(our) applications. It would be imho nicer
>to incorporate GTK+2.something in LSB. So one can atleast write
>LSB compliant GUI applications without paying royalties to any party..
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If you use Qt, and the applications will be NOT-commercial, you don't need
to pay anyone.

Thanks,
Giovanni

>(Writing GUI using the core X libraries is no fun, nor are statically
>linked
>appliations..)
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>>I suppose that LSB maintainers must be clear with this new inclusion.
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>>>Please take a look at the tracking page, the criteria it refers 
>>>to, and if you still have questions/concerns ask them on the lsb-futures 
>>>list.
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