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Subject: Re: NetworkManagerQt
From: Nicolas Fella <nicolas.fella () gmx ! de>
Date: 2022-05-27 20:03:37
Message-ID: 5b1f233c-74ce-2bb4-e559-7fcca4daacef () gmx ! de
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Hi,
On 27/05/2022 17:35, Kovour, Sathyanarayana wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> My name is Sathya Kovour, I am part of Baxter International, a medical
> device manufacturer.
>
> We come across NetworkManagerQt
> https://marketplace.qt.io/products/networkmanagerqt, and we have a few
> questions while we are making decision to use this very convenient
> modules in our project.
>
> * As per above link this project is accessible for us with LGPL
> v2.1+. According to our legal department this is very restrictive
> for our distribution scenarios.=C2=A0 I am wondering if you offer an=
y
> additional licenses for this project to be used in our commercial
> setup without copy left clause.
>
The short answer is: No.
The longer answer is: To do this one would need to contact all of the
contributors/copyright holders and ask them to agree to a new license.
That is doable in theory but prohibitively difficult in practice.
> I understand Linux Network Manager 1.16 support WPA3, does
> NetworkManagerQt enables us to use WPA3 capabilities if we have a
> compatible network manager installed on our embedded system?
Without knowing all of the details I'd say: yes, probably. And even if
there are missing things for this in networkmanager-qt those should be
easy enough to add.
>
> A quick reply is highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sathya
>
Cheers
Nicolas
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/05/2022 17:35, Kovour,
Sathyanarayana wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My name is Sathya Kovour, I am part of
Baxter International, a medical device manufacturer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We come across NetworkManagerQt <a
href="https://marketplace.qt.io/products/networkmanagerqt"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
https://marketplace.qt.io/products/networkmanagerqt</a>, and
we have a few questions while we are making decision to use
this very convenient modules in our project.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">As per above
link this project is accessible for us with LGPL v2.1+.
According to our legal department this is very restrictive
for our distribution scenarios. I am wondering if you offer
any additional licenses for this project to be used in our
commercial setup without copy left clause.</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<p>The short answer is: No.<br>
</p>
<p>The longer answer is: To do this one would need to contact all of
the contributors/copyright holders and ask them to agree to a new
license. That is doable in theory but prohibitively difficult in
practice.<br>
</p>
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cite="mid:DM8P131MB0085260FEC75286779B5874AF5D89@DM8P131MB0085.NAMP131.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM">
<div class="WordSection1">I understand Linux Network Manager 1.16
support WPA3, does NetworkManagerQt enables us to use WPA3
capabilities if we have a compatible network manager installed
on our embedded system?</div>
</blockquote>
Without knowing all of the details I'd say: yes, probably. And even
if there are missing things for this in networkmanager-qt those
should be easy enough to add.<br>
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cite="mid:DM8P131MB0085260FEC75286779B5874AF5D89@DM8P131MB0085.NAMP131.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM">
<div class="WordSection1"><o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A quick reply is highly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sathya</p>
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<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Nicolas<br>
</p>
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