I think not using KDE in debian is not enough! All GPL programs that use LGPL libraries must be removed! (that means almost all) Why? In my opinion a program P is GPL-licensed exactly then if every component is GPL-licensed. So consider the following case: A is GPL-licensed B is a LGPL-licensed library Program P is created by linking B to A. P is derived from A, that is GPL-licensed therfore P must be GPL-licesensed. P is exactly then GPL-licensed if every component is GPL-licensensed therefore B must also be GPL-licensed but B is unfortunately LGPL-licensed what is a license-conflict!! If debian continues that way I will switch to a different distribution.
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I think not using KDE in debian is not enough! All GPL programs that use LGPL libraries must be removed! (that means almost all) Why? In my opinion a program P is GPL-licensed exactly then if every component is GPL-licensed. So consider the following case: A is GPL-licensed B is a LGPL-licensed library Program P is created by linking B to A. P is derived from A, that is GPL-licensed therfore P must be GPL-licesensed. P is exactly then GPL-licensed if every component is GPL-licensensed therefore B must also be GPL-licensed but B is unfortunately LGPL-licensed what is a license-conflict!! If debian continues that way I will switch to a different distribution.