Re: Why does Debian default to Gnome?

2005/12/30, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> * Steve Lamb <grey@xxxxxxxxx> [2005 Dec 29 23:44 -0600]:
> > Brian Nelson wrote:
> > > s/non-free/GPL-incompatible/
> >
> > The problem was that the Windows version was not free while the Linux
> > version was.
>
> I believe the Windows version is still non-free, but that doesn't
> matter to Debian. I've not kept close track so I don't know if anyone
> has gone to the trouble of porting the GPL Qt to Windows.
>

QT 4 and above are available under the GPL on Windows
http://www.trolltech.com/developer/faqs/index.html?catid=&id=115
and it comes with mingw if you want.

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