On 9 Nov 2008 19:08:35 GMT, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Phil Thompson wrote: > >>> Thay aren't claiming that Qt itself is governed by the GPL, what they >>> are claiming is that the 'Qt Open Source License' permits you to use it >>> for development of "Open Source software governed by the GNU General >>> Public License versions 2 and 3". I believe they can make whatever >>> conditions they like for their own license. >> >> This is just plain wrong. The open source version is licensed under >> either >> v2 or v3 of the GPL - your choice. There is no such thing as a separate >> "Qt >> Open Source License". > > So are the references to 'Qt Open Source License' on the website > misleading? It seems to me that the claims on the website are very > carefully worded to say that you have to develop code under the GPL (or > other open source license), not that Qt itself is released under the > GPL, and given the additional conditions they impose I would have said > at best it is GPL + lots of other restrictions. > > Feel free to disagree, I am not an intellectual property lowyer.
Download the source, read the text of the license, it's the GPL. Phil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
