About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

Damjan gdamjan at gmail.com
Tue Apr 10 18:37:05 EDT 2007


> @ Kevin and Jarek :
> thanks for the enlightening of that GPL thing. So, if i understand, i
> create my Python software using Qt as my GUI, i earn the money for it
> with the obligation to release my source code and somewhere in my
> files i explicilty write that this software is under the GPL lisence,
> is that correct ?? And i am legal all the way out ??

This is correct... but you should also understand the GPL license aswell.

> So why these people at Trolltech have the word "Commercial" at their
> mouth all the time ?? I can understand of course that money is all
> about but becauce they released Qt under GPL they simply cannot
> prevent anyone from gaining money using it.

That is a mistake, the oposite of libre software is non-libre or
proprietary.


-- 
damjan



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