in #kde. they told me that's OK to sell closed sourced KDE programs. But
they did not mention a thing about QT. So KDE is free because QT is not?
- diego
----- Original Message -----
From: Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 12:46 AM
Subject: Re: QT/KDE legal stuff
> No no, it doesn't go like this...
>
> If you're writing a commercial program with QT - then you'll have to buy
the
> commercial QT and work with it to create your application. There are 2
> versions - one for Windows and one for most unices (Linux/BSD/Solaris
etc..)
>
> Now - regarding KDE - no one forces you to publish your KDE source code.
> Thats how thekompany makes some products (like Kapital) which are
completly
> closed source code (proprietary), UNLESS - you're modifying the actual KDE
> code itself... which means if you modify the source code - you'll have to
> release patches...
>
> Remember this - if your application is commercial (wether it's free for
use
> without source code or pay-ware) - you'll need to buy the QT itself..
>
> There are some guys in the #kde channel on irc.openprojects.net who can
help
> you with the legal stuff...
>
> Hetz
>
> On Wednesday 28 February 2001 10:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I started writing a commercial program, and I wanted to do a *nix
version
> > also. So naturally I started QT Designer and started drawing the app
> > dialogs and then I understood that I cannot really make it KDE... since
KDE
> > will force me to publish the sources of that program. As a definition my
> > program is free, but the services it uses are free. Can I use QT for my
> > toolkit? (the free version I mean).
> >
> > Let's say I will pay for a commercial license of QT toolkit. That means
> > that KDE software is banned from the commercial market. Unless you
compile
> > KDE with the commercial license of QT.
> >
> > - diego
>
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