Michel Bouwmans wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mike Driscoll wrote: > >> On Apr 10, 12:05 pm, Michel Bouwmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul Rubin wrote: >>>> Chris Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>> I've always had an interest in Python and would like to dabble in it >>>>> further. I've worked on a few very small command line programs but >>>>> nothing of any complexity. I'd like to build a really simple GUI app >>>>> that will work across Mac, Windows, and Linux. How painful is that >>>>> going to be? I used to be really familiar with Java Swing a few years >>>>> ago. I imagine it will be similar. >>>>> ... >>>>> Next, what would you say is the best framework I should look into? >>>> If by "best" you mean "easiest", that is probably tkinter, which >>>> comes with python. It is somewhat rudimentary and the widgets that >>>> come with it don't look so great. But if you just want to put up >>>> GUI's with basic functionality and not much glitz, it is ok for most >>>> such purposes. >>>> out how to use >>> I don't quite agree with you on this. Tkinter may be easy because it is >>> available by standard in Python, but that's about it in my opinion. The >>> API, look and performance hit is horrible. You're much better of with >>> PyQt4 which makes the job really simple. >>> >>> MFB >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) >>> >>> iD8DBQFH/kjhDpaqHmOKFdQRAj+kAJ0d3aHqpv/mh7kSqtDqUFXtJsxi1gCfU5UP >>> 2Ygw9ttRIYX+ioMyBVUNsVo= >>> =stR5 >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> I see a lot of people recommend using pyQt, but they never mention the >> controversy that surrounds its licensing. There have been many posts >> on the subject already, but if the OP ever decides to sell anything >> they create, I've heard that QT's licensing is kind of squirrelly. >> Maybe this has been straightened out? >> >> I looked at the website and found it fairly confusing. And don't you >> need to download QT itself? >> >> Mike > > Yeah, the licensing of Qt is either be open-source (under one of the > Qt-exception licenses licenses so no exclusivity for the GPL anymore) or > pay for the commercial version. So yes, if you would like to sell it as > closed-source software you will need to buy the commercial version of Qt > and PyQt. In other words: you will have to pay twice. Don't forget that you > can also sell open-source software, so you don't have to pay. ;) > I don't think PyQt has any licensing restrictions to speak of, only the underlying Qt platform (though it's a while since I looked).
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