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The GPL and library code

Posted Mar 18, 2004 11:11 UTC (Thu) by veelo (guest, #4694)
In reply to: The GPL and library code by kitsilano
Parent article: The GPL and library code

If I recall correctly, the QPL was their first licence, which was GPL
incompatible. It caused the Harmony initiative, which was to be an LGPL
reimplementation. Trolltech solved the conflict by dropping their QPL and
switching to the GPL.

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