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List:       pykde
Subject:    Re: [PyKDE] Which license applies to portable python scripts?
From:       Phil Thompson <phil () river-bank ! demon ! co ! uk>
Date:       2003-04-19 20:05:49
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On Saturday 19 April 2003 5:34 pm, Greg Fortune wrote:
> I think that's true in both respects.  Basically, the Qt license just
> covers the development of the application, not the usage.  If you develop
> under Qt3.x GPL X11 and someone compiles the application for Windows under
> a commercial license and you are allowed to distribute the windows version
> as well as the GPL version.  You will see offers to compile under Windows
> from time to time on the qt mailing list and the trolltech employees who
> frequent the mailing list appear to have endorsed it as acceptable.

It doesn't harm anybody if those Windows versions are given away. Especially 
if it becomes successful and the author decides to sell a Professional 
Version - at which point they buy a Qt license of their own.

Phil

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