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Date:      Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:53:25 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        allenc@verinet.com (Allen Campbell)
Cc:        brett@lariat.org, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Lets Endorse KDE Was: some slashdot thread
Message-ID:  <199902021853.LAA06637@usr05.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <36B6941F.5E340E44@verinet.com> from "Allen Campbell" at Feb 1, 99 10:58:55 pm

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> > And, again, a good way to try to get a good desktop BSD licensed. I'd really
> > like to see something slick that's not GPLed.... Maybe they'd
> > be willing.
> 
> At this point I can't imagine there is a huge amount loyalty to GNU
> amongst the KDE powers-that-be.  They have been treated very poorly by
> GNU due to the original QT license.  Despite the remarkable changes that
> have taken place with QT as a direct result of KDE, GNU has little
> regard any of it.

The ORB is GPL'ed.  You aren't going to get the ORB out as BSD
licensed code.

The desktop, well, there you might have a chance.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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