"Caligo" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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>
> 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]



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