My python programs need a GUI, wxPython or PyQt4?

[Harry George]

"Chris Mellon" <arkanes at gmail.com> writes:

> On 1/24/07, Giovanni Bajo <noway at ask.me> wrote:
[snip]
> >
> > That page is legal babble, trying to trick you into buying (or making your
> > boss buy) a commercial license. The Qt Open Source edition *IS* GPL and thus
> > it falls under all the normal GPL clauses and uses, irrespective of what
> > Trolltech may or may not think.
> >
> > For instance, see this FAQ:
> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic
> >
> > which makes pretty clear that a "company"/"organization" is basically the same
> > of an "individual". "Releasing a software within a company for internal usage"
> > is by no means the same of "releasing it to the public". Basically, for what
> > the GPL is concerned, it is *not* a "release" or a "distribution" at all.
> >
> 
> I should point out that the FSFs position in this regard is not
> supported by copyright law and that the fact that Trolltech takes a
> different position is something that you should consider strongly. If
> the FSFs position were true, there would be no need for per-seat
> licensing of commercial software (because internal distribution
> wouldn't be). US copyright law does not draw a distinction between
> "internal distribution" and any other kind, and I'm not aware of any
> case law that does so either. This distinction is also not codified in
> the GPL itself anywhere, so it's not a necessary condition of the
> license - it is an interpretation by the FSF and that is all.
[snip]

It is all interpretation -- even after some cases have wandered
through the courts.  Mostly the trolltech statements indicate their
intent to sue.  That right there tells me I want to go elsewhere.


-- 
Harry George
PLM Engineering Architecture