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• Freecode's Stance on "Trivial" Software

  Freshmeat ratings Actually, my most wanted feature for Freshmeat has always been ratings (but not anonymous ones!) similar to the Linux Game Tome. Displaying search results ordered by rating as an ...

• Introducing a Third Option

  Another cure worse than the disease This is Classic Mistake #3(tm), a solution to a nonexistant problem. When comparing packaging schemes, it's fair to compare two things, the package file format...

• Response to Troll Tech on Qt, KDE, and the QPL

  The BSD License I'll agree that the BSD/MIT licenses are preferable to the GPL, but please don't use the BSD version with the ad clause. As the FSF has correctly pointed out, that's a real nightmar...

• Trolltech on Qt, KDE, and the QPL

  BSD and Copyrights The BSD license does not dismiss copyrights. It licenses you to do whatever you want with the program, which is a horse of an entirely different color. Software under the BSD lic...

• Trolltech on Qt, KDE, and the QPL

  The other side of the coin I, for one, am firmly on the other side of the coin from the FSF. That's not to say I agree with the QPL, or belittle the FSF. I do, however, feel that the BSD and MIT st...