Re: [Interest] Learning solutions survey

2021-06-17 Thread ich
Am June 17, 2021 6:48:07 AM UTC schrieb Tino Pyssysalo :
>The EDU license is targeted at instructor-led classroom teaching rather
>than scientific research work. 
>In the latter case, open-source license is working better or even
>commercial one, if the work 
>will result to a commercial product. 
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>Tino
>
>
>> On 16.6.2021, 23.33, "Interest on behalf of Bernhard Lindner"
>priv...@bernhard-lindner.de> wrote:
>>
>> Never heard about that license. I was very interested until I
>read the FAQ:
>>
>> "Under the educational license, limitations apply. Applications
>and/or devices may not be
>> distributed to third parties and must be used for internal use
>only. Subcontracting in any
>> direction is not allowed under this license. Professional support
>of Qt is not included
>> either."
>>
>> This means that as soon as the students use the software in the
>practical part of their
>>studies and have to publish the software as part of their
>scientific work or as part of
>> their degree, they are forced to go back to the OSS license.
>That's ridiculous. For me,
>> that means avoiding Qt altogether in our curriculum or, if at
>all, relying exclusively on
>> the OSS license.
>> It seems like there is an internal company rule that requires all
>license terms to be
>> written in such a way that licensees are annoyed under all
>circumstances. 
>
>
>
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No need to go with commercial license when doing commercial product...
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Re: [Interest] Learning solutions survey

2021-06-17 Thread Tino Pyssysalo
The EDU license is targeted at instructor-led classroom teaching rather than 
scientific research work. 
In the latter case, open-source license is working better or even commercial 
one, if the work 
will result to a commercial product. 
--
Tino


> On 16.6.2021, 23.33, "Interest on behalf of Bernhard Lindner" 
 
wrote:
>
> Never heard about that license. I was very interested until I read the 
> FAQ:
>
> "Under the educational license, limitations apply. Applications and/or 
> devices may not be
> distributed to third parties and must be used for internal use only. 
> Subcontracting in any
> direction is not allowed under this license. Professional support of Qt 
> is not included
> either."
>
> This means that as soon as the students use the software in the practical 
> part of their
>studies and have to publish the software as part of their scientific work 
> or as part of
> their degree, they are forced to go back to the OSS license. That's 
> ridiculous. For me,
> that means avoiding Qt altogether in our curriculum or, if at all, 
> relying exclusively on
> the OSS license.
> It seems like there is an internal company rule that requires all license 
> terms to be
> written in such a way that licensees are annoyed under all circumstances. 



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