samba license change

Alan Cox alan at redhat.com
Wed Oct 10 12:33:13 UTC 2007


On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 11:30:48AM +0000, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> only. So KDE can't do anything without Trolltech, and Trolltech is still in 
> the "evaluating their options" phase.

Well I'm sure the added urgency will help them prioritise

> Also be aware that if the problem gets solved, it will be solved only for KDE 
> 4, KDE 3 relies on Qt 3 which is not supported by Trolltech anymore, so the 
> chances for that to change its license are essentially nil.

Thats a curious claim. If anything its easier to grant an extra licence 
consent on a product you no longer support and market under other parallel
proprietary licences than one you do.

Alan




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