From kde-devel  Mon Feb 07 15:03:19 2005
From: Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 15:03:19 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: QT for Windows released under GPL
Message-Id: <200502071603.19710.ettrich () trolltech ! com>
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On Monday 07 February 2005 15:43, Christoph Wiesen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Trolltech announced[1] today that starting with QT 4.0 the Windows version
> of the popular toolkit will be available under the GPL - just like the Un*x
> and OS X versions have been before.

Small correction: We will release Qt 4.0 / Windows under the GNU GPL _and_ a 
commercial license. We are expanding our dual licensing business model to the 
Windows platform, not changing it. I'm sure you know, Christoph, but I also 
know that others don't. If you tell Jo Journalist that company C open sources 
product P, Jo might write that C donates P to the community, which roughly 
translates to giving it up as a commercial product. And that's exactly the 
opposite of what we are doing!

If you guys want to do Trolltech and Qt a favor, then always mention the 
commercial licensing option when you mention the GPL. 

Matthias
 
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