"Caligo" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > > Qt is not an open source project. Qt is Free software (GPL/LGPL) which is > also dual licensed (commercial license) for development of proprietary and > commercial software. Even if Microsoft was the copyright holder of Qt, > nothing would stop anyone from modifying the source code and continuing > its > development. Besides, Qt is a source of income for Nokia because many > large > companies use it for their projects. >
[/me gets up on soapbox] Distinctions between "open source" and "free software", and the assosiated FSF/Stallman vs. OSI geek-off/slapping-fight, make me want to claw my ears out and run screaming towards 100% closed/proprietary everything. [/me steps back down]
