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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: "Cornelius's grand plan" - Merging KDElibs into Qt
From:       Thiago Macieira <thiago () kde ! org>
Date:       2010-10-31 23:51:32
Message-ID: 201010311651.32488.thiago () kde ! org
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On Sunday, 31 de October de 2010 12:34:33 Maksim Orlovich wrote:
> > Except that most (all?) of kdelibs is LGPL, not GPL. So using it for
> > making money/in closed source apps is possible right now under certain
> > conditions.
> 
> Except that Nokia would require giving them additional rights (full
> rights to do whatever they want with the code), so he was right ---
> the idea is plainly illegal.

If you want to contribute to one of the Qt modules that are currently 
available under the Qt commercial license, that is required.

For modules like QtScript and QtWebKit, LGPL is enough.

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