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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: Change to Qt licence?
From:       Chris Aakre <kupolu () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2000-08-16 19:56:22
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Derek Fountain wrote:
> Since the two day rant of what a clock should look like has
> died down, here's something else I saw in the news this
> morning.
>
> This article:
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2530760.html?tag=st.ne.1003.thed.ni
> says:
>
> "Trolltech's Nord believes it might actually be possible, at
> least in theory. To that end, Trolltech is changing the
> license under which Qt is released so that it will be
> compatible with the General Public License that governs
> GTK."
>
> and also, apparently almost contradicting itself,
>
> "Trolltech isn't likely to switch to the GPL for Qt, he
> said, because that would require Trolltech to change its
> business model, Nord said. Currently, the company requires
> other companies to pay Trolltech if they distribute Qt as
> part of a product that's sold. If the product is free,
> Trolltech doesn't charge."
>
> Is a change to the Qt licence planned?

It isn't contradicting itself :) Trolltech isn't likely to switch to the 
_current_ GPL, although I'd imagine they're working on a version of the GPL 
for trolltech to prevent proprietary development. 

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Chris Aakre
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