On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Narendra Sisodiya <naren...@narendrasisodiya.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Vivek Khurana <hiddenharm...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Narendra Sisodiya >> <naren...@narendrasisodiya.com> wrote: >> > At the same time, I do not want to use any restricted Libraries.. Can >> > somebody explain license of PyQT ? >> > >> http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/pyqt4ref.html#licenseAll >> > I want my code to be GPLv3. >> > >> >> If you want the code to be in GPL, then where is the problem/confusion ? >> > > Ok, So why that commercial license they have listed, for what purpose one > should need that license..? > I mean, I can code using PyQT and give to my customer and he can install all > the needed libraries..
1. Some companies don't want anything associated with with Free software, they would rather pay money to keep their entire software stack "clean". 2. Allows Riverbank to make money from users who want to ship closed source software developed using PyQt. Actually, if you are keen on keeping the source code closed, you may want to look at PySide(http://www.pyside.org/) which is a Python binding to Qt from Nokia, the owners of QT, the company and brand. Pyside is LGPL[1] and also PySide is designed to be a drop-in replacement for PyQt. +PG [1] http://www.pyside.org/about/ _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
