The "free" version (for linux only) is availiable as 'QPL' (their version of GPL). You can generate 'free' products with it.. for commercial work use the Win32/Mac/X11 commercial buy products.
The one thing that has gotten my attention is that qt code is supposed to be trans-platform (provided it compiled with the targ's qt libs). Too bad, there isn't a nice trans-plat abstraction layer for things like data access..etc... I've also looked at some samples and I find them fairly easy to understand; I think I might be fairly productive given enough time to get used to them. I like the signal/slots thing used to 'connect' objects and events. And Qt does seem to have less programming overhead' ( than c/c++ app frameworks I've had the displeasure of knowing , namely mfc and borland.objectwindows ) Anyway, these are my first glances at the product. It took over 4 hours to configure/ compile/ and install on my pIII-450. I haven't had much time to play with it yet. I might have to invest in a book. Later . ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [brluglist] to QT or not to QT > Yup, that's the correct story. > > For those who don't know what QT is, it's a set of > programming libraries for drawing window objects: > buttons, window frames, etc. TrollTech, the company > that wrote QT, originally put it out under a software > license that wasn't GPL compatible (source code wasn't > open). So, the Gnome project started because of that. > Since then, TrollTech has release the QT libs under > another license that is GPL compatible (I think). > > John Hebert > > --- Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If memory serves me correctly......QT is or was used > > in KDE. The big > > arguement back then was to use GNOME since KDE > > utilized QT and its (then) > > proprietary license. That is, if memory serves me; > > it has been known to let > > me down at times. ;> > > > > Cleve > > > > > > > > On Saturday 09 March 2002 14:57, you wrote: > > > Haven't done any GUI programming, but I have use > > QT in > > > a few different apps. Most notably Opera needs QT. > > > Seems to work well and kinda small footprint. > > > > > > I think the reason that more Linux types don't use > > QT > > > was the proprietary licensing issue in the past > > that > > > has since been resolved. > > > > > > John Hebert > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > QT looks like an OK framework to build gui apps > > on > > > > linux... I'm installing > > > > it as I type. Has anybody else in this group > > used > > > > it and what do you think > > > > of it? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > ================================================ > > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > > your subscription information. > > > > ================================================ > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free > > email! > > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
