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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] What's the community up to?
From:       Eva Brucherseifer <eva.brucherseifer () basyskom ! de>
Date:       2004-12-07 18:42:30
Message-ID: 200412071942.31538.eva.brucherseifer () basyskom ! de
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Am Dienstag, 7. Dezember 2004 18:05 schrieb Frans Englich:
> On Tuesday 07 December 2004 16:29, Eva Brucherseifer wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 7. Dezember 2004 16:28 schrieb George Staikos:
> > > On Tuesday 07 December 2004 08:59, Eva Brucherseifer wrote:
> > > > If it is only about compilation, my company (basysKom) is more than
> > > > willing to help here. First we have a Qt/Win32 license ourselves and
> > > > we might also sponsor another license for a developer... if it really
> > > > helps...
> > > 
> > > Last I checked the licence was per-software-developer, not
> > > per-build-machine.
> > 
> > Yes. The one developer who develops on Windows and who compiles the apps
> > on his computer needs the license. Not the one who's developing on X11.
> 
> (slightly off topic)
> I've been struggling with this issue. Right, the license is per developer &
> time period, not build machine or installation seats, but when your X11
> developer writes code that you _know_ will be run on Windows(and
> purposefully aims for), doesn't that require a license? The license covers
> the /development/ process, AFAICT.

If you develop a closed source application X11 (or with a license wich is 
incompatible to the GPL), then you need a Qt Commercial License for X11 
(Qt/X11). And if you later develop/deploy it on Windows, you need a dual 
license.

> 
> Doesn't that mean you can develop an application for Windows without
> license, as long as you do it on X11?
> 
> (I'm confused)

it's a difficult area ;-) 

Greetings,
eva

> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 		Frans
> 
> 
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