QT goes LGPL
Espoo, Finland -- Nokia today announced that its Qt cross-platform User Interface (UI) and application framework for desktop and embedded platforms will be available under the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 license from the release of Qt 4.5, scheduled for March 2009. Previously, Qt has been made available to the open source community under the General Public License (GPL) license. In addition, Qt will now be available from the new domain, www.qtsoftware.com. http://www.qtsoftware.com/about/news/lgpl-license-option-added-to-qt r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QT goes LGPL
Yes, this is great news and should greatly accelerate the use of Qt, both on desktop and embedded platforms now that the cost of Qt for most people will be zero even for developing commercial applications. At ICS, as Qt Software's largest consulting partner we are very excited about the new opportunities this will bring. We have a whitepaper on our web site at http://www.ics.com/ that talks about the implications of Qt being available under the LGPL. Risto H. Kurppa wrote: Espoo, Finland -- Nokia today announced that its Qt cross-platform User Interface (UI) and application framework for desktop and embedded platforms will be available under the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 license from the release of Qt 4.5, scheduled for March 2009. Previously, Qt has been made available to the open source community under the General Public License (GPL) license. In addition, Qt will now be available from the new domain, www.qtsoftware.com. http://www.qtsoftware.com/about/news/lgpl-license-option-added-to-qt -- Jeff Tranter, Qt Consulting Manager, Integrated Computer Solutions. ICS - The North American Qt Experts http://ics.com/services/ smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QT goes LGPL
Read what Richard Stallman/FSF says about LGPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html (But it is Nokias business what license they use) -Aapo Rantalainen ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: QT goes LGPL
Well if you read your own link you would see that that RMS actually recommend the LGPL in cases like Qt, I quote: The most common case is when a free library's features are readily available for proprietary software through other alternative libraries. In that case, the library cannot give free software any particular advantage, so it is better to use the Lesser GPL for that library. I think it would be hard argue that a UI toolkit is not readily available for proprietary software through other alternative libraries. Christian On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 17:20 +0200, Aapo Rantalainen wrote: Read what Richard Stallman/FSF says about LGPL: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html (But it is Nokias business what license they use) -Aapo Rantalainen ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
