On Friday 09 November 2001 10:25 am, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> "Dave Hooper" <dave at beermex.com> writes:
> > From: "Robert Bihlmeyer" <robbe at orcus.priv.at>
> >
> > > Qt Free is only for X ... not MS Windows.
>     ^^^^^^^
>
> > Wrong [...]
> >
> > Quote:
> > The Qt Non Commercial Edition for Microsoft Windows
>       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Spot the difference?
>
> Interestingly,
>
> <URL:http://www.trolltech.com/developer/faqs/general.html#Q8> says:
> | Qt for Microsoft Windows is only available as Professional and
> | Enterprise Editions.
>
> Seems Trolltech are themselves confused.

Yeah the trolls are confused it seems.  I think when the dust settles, 
you can link your program against the Qt/Win non-commercial version 
with a special exception from the copyright holder blah blah.

> > Qt would therefore be an ideal development platform for a freenet
> > client.
>
> Not IMHO. See below.
>
> Qt/X11 is dual licensed under QPL and GNU GPL. But Qt/Windows is
> gratis for non-commercial use only. Qt/Mac is (currently) available
> as a binary only evaluation verison. I don't know what the licensing
> plans are for that platform.
>
> If I write free software, I base it on something that is free
> everywhere and for everyone. Just my EUR 0.02.
>
> (It's getting off-topic, that's my last comment on the Qt issue.)

My primary goal in writing a Freenet publisher is to make it accessable 
to anyone and everyone regardless of what platform they're running.  
It's strictly a free speech point of view, not anything more.

-- 
Jay Oliveri                                  "In the land of the blind,
GnuPG ID: 0x5AA5DD54                          the one-eyed man is king."

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