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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: [freeqt] Re: FreeQt concerns
From:       "Schenck" <schenck () PersonalMail ! Germany ! EU ! net>
Date:       1998-04-05 17:41:36
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> > My question is ; Since we all know that an LGPLd FreeQT would destroy
> > Troll Tech's income while a GPLd FreeQT would not What do we loose by
> > making FreeQT a strictly GPL product rather than LGPL ?
> 
> I don't think a FreeQT would materially harm Troll at all. They get a
> slightly smaller share in a much bigger pie.
> 

I haven't been on this list for long now, so I'm sorry if this has 
been said before. 

Visiting Troll Tech's web site I got the impression that to most of 
their important customers the important advantages of Qt are: 
1. cross-platform development on both Windows and *nix
   Here a FreeQt (even LGPLd) wouldn't hurt Troll Tech at all. I'm  
   pretty sure nobody is going to port FreeQt to the Windows-World.
2. support and documentation (obviously their customers are willing
   to pay quite a lot for support on a per-year-basis)
   Even here a FreeQt wouldn't really harm Troll Tech. Although the
   free support you get on newsgroups *is* good - I experience quite
   often, that most people don't want to rely on that; they feel
   better having a commercial product with commercial support.

I feel the difference GPL - LGPL is quite important for the 
success of KDE. After all, very much of the Software you get for 
Windows is that Shareware-Please-Send-$15-Stuff. Those developers 
won't be able to afford a Qt-License.
Jost.
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