Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-12 Thread Robert Kern
king kikapu wrote: > On Apr 12, 1:02 am, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All parts of the software have to be licensed compatibly with the GPL. The >> FSF >> has a fairly comprehensive list of the licenses they believe are >> GPL-compatible. >> The source that you provide needs to be th

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-12 Thread king kikapu
I dig a little bit more on the Trolltech's site and i think that this page is telling all the truth: http://www.trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/faq So, this tells us all the good stuff people in this thread are talking about, i think is clear enough. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listi

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-12 Thread king kikapu
On Apr 12, 1:02 am, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All parts of the software have to be licensed compatibly with the GPL. The FSF > has a fairly comprehensive list of the licenses they believe are > GPL-compatible. > The source that you provide needs to be the preferred form for making >

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread Robert Kern
king kikapu wrote: > Ο/Η Robert Kern έγραψε: >> It's a bit more complicated than that. There are good resources for >> understanding the implications of the GPL on the FSF's site which other >> people >> have pointed out. > >>From what i can understand, you can sell your product and you have to >

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread Robert Kern
Jorge Godoy wrote: > Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I don't recommend it. You are talking to their salesman, not your lawyer. You >> are being given a sales pitch, not legal advice. > > On the other hand, he's stating Trolltech's policies and agreeing / > disagreeing on your underst

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread king kikapu
Ο/Η Robert Kern έγραψε: > It's a bit more complicated than that. There are good resources for > understanding the implications of the GPL on the FSF's site which other people > have pointed out. >From what i can understand, you can sell your product and you have to give the source. Also you must

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread Jorge Godoy
Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't recommend it. You are talking to their salesman, not your lawyer. You > are being given a sales pitch, not legal advice. On the other hand, he's stating Trolltech's policies and agreeing / disagreeing on your understanding of their license. He's

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread king kikapu
> > Ok, i see...So i can use Qt OS edition and earn money from this as > > long as i explicitly say (is a reference to a GPL in a readme text > > file enough for this ?) that this software is under the GPL lisence > > and i have the obligation to give the source code with it. > > It's a bit more c

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread Robert Kern
king kikapu wrote: > On Apr 11, 10:56 am, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Others have given good answers. I would only like to clarify what I think is >> the >> source of confusion here. While the FSF and many open source advocates make a >> distinction between the words "commercial" (me

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 12:52, Kevin Walzer wrote: > Yes. Nothing in the GPL prevents you from developing and marketing an > application for as high a price as you can get from it. > > HOWEVER: > > you will have to distribute the source code to your application to > anyone who purchases a binary

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread Paul Boddie
On 11 Apr, 11:51, "king kikapu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, i see...So i can use Qt OS edition and earn money from this as > long as i explicitly say (is a reference to a GPL in a readme text > file enough for this ?) that this software is under the GPL lisence > and i have the obligation to

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread king kikapu
On Apr 11, 10:56 am, Robert Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Others have given good answers. I would only like to clarify what I think is > the > source of confusion here. While the FSF and many open source advocates make a > distinction between the words "commercial" (meaning that someone derive

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-11 Thread Robert Kern
king kikapu wrote: > As i said, i do not fully understand all this license stuff. All i > want to ask is, i can make GPL software and gain money from this ? And > if that so, then why they "force" you to buy the commercial lisence in > such case ? Others have given good answers. I would only like

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-10 Thread Damjan
> @ Kevin and Jarek : > thanks for the enlightening of that GPL thing. So, if i understand, i > create my Python software using Qt as my GUI, i earn the money for it > with the obligation to release my source code and somewhere in my > files i explicilty write that this software is under the GPL li

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-10 Thread Kevin Walzer
king kikapu wrote: > > > @ Kevin and Jarek : > thanks for the enlightening of that GPL thing. So, if i understand, i > create my Python software using Qt as my GUI, i earn the money for it > with the obligation to release my source code and somewhere in my > files i explicilty write that this so

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-10 Thread king kikapu
Ο/Η Peter Decker έγραψε: > There is another alternative: Dabo, which wraps the wxPython toolkit. > It has a GUI designer, although not as polished as the Qt Designer. > Check out some of their screencasts to see their tools in action. You > can find them at http://dabodev.com/documentation I am a

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-10 Thread Jarek Zgoda
king kikapu napisał(a): >> This is a bullsh*t. Qt is free (as in "free speech") on GPL. Nothing >> stops you from using it in any commercial project if only it fits the >> licensing terms (i.o.w. it's free software). This specially applies to >> inhouse development, as in such case there's no "dis

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-10 Thread Peter Decker
On 10 Apr 2007 12:29:36 -0700, king kikapu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi to all, > > i am coming from the Microsoft (.net) world and at the quest of > finding the right GUI toolkit that i can use from Python, i have two > obvious choices to choose from: wxPython and Qt. > > Both are looking very

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-10 Thread Kevin Walzer
king kikapu wrote: > As i said, i do not fully understand all this license stuff. All i > want to ask is, i can make GPL software and gain money from this ? Yes. Nothing in the GPL prevents you from developing and marketing an application for as high a price as you can get from it. HOWEVER: yo

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-10 Thread king kikapu
Ο/Η Jarek Zgoda έγραψε: > king kikapu napisa³(a): > > This is a bullsh*t. Qt is free (as in "free speech") on GPL. Nothing > stops you from using it in any commercial project if only it fits the > licensing terms (i.o.w. it's free software). This specially applies to > inhouse development, as in s

Re: About Trolltech QT OpenSource license.

2007-04-10 Thread Jarek Zgoda
king kikapu napisał(a): > I saw at the forum here that a lot of debate is coming from the > "strange" interpretation of it's Open Source Edition lisence. > After a lot of reading i was under the impression (and many others > with me) that even a stand alone developer working in-house at company >