[ros-general] Is really the whole ReactOS GPL? Then its a problem.

[theUser BL]

>This situation is a bit different, because the closed-source library 
>*strictly needs* the Qt and can't function properly without it. ReactOS on 
>the other hand doesn't require these 3rd party drivers and links to them 
>dynamicly.

But the Windows-programs *strictly needs* libraries, which draw the windows, 
the widgets, etc. And _this_ libraries are in ReactOS GPL.

And don't forget, that there existing people, who want to develop on ReactOS 
GPL-incompatible Windows/ReactOS-programs.


>Also this issue was already discussed (see the ros-general mailing list 
>archives) even with Richard Stallman's comments.

I have searched the archive at
http://reactos.com:8080/archives/public/ros-general/

The archive have been started on October 2003. And in the complete archive I 
have not found anything about this subject. Only in
http://reactos.com:8080/archives/public/ros-general/2003-October/000022.html
and
http://reactos.com:8080/archives/public/ros-general/2004-February/000706.html
the GPL is discussed.

But there is nowhere a comment by Richard Stallman.

And your small FAQ (the one for user and the one for developer) don't says 
anything about this.

The only think, what I can do, is looking if on one of the older sides of 
ReactOS, is a older Mailinglist published, where the answer of my question 
stand:
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.reactos.com
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.reactos.org


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theuserbl

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