http://blog.engage-encore.com/index.php/2009/01/14/qt-move-to-lgpl/ Making Software Applications Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.engage-encore.com/index.php/2009/01/14/qt-move-to-lgpl/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Jethro Grassie Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:53:37 +0000 http://blog.engage-encore.com/?p=131#comment-111 @Douglas, I did not say it was not possible to develop open-source software to non-Linux platforms using QT previously. My point was that if you wanted/needed to develop commercial closed source applications for non-Linux platforms you were required to purchase pretty expensive licences for each target platform. This barrier is now removed with the move to LGPL across all QT targets. @Douglas, I did not say it was not possible to develop open-source software to non-Linux platforms using QT previously.
My point was that if you wanted/needed to develop commercial closed source applications for non-Linux platforms you were required to purchase pretty expensive licences for each target platform.
This barrier is now removed with the move to LGPL across all QT targets.

]]> http://blog.engage-encore.com/index.php/2009/01/14/qt-move-to-lgpl/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Douglas Schmidt Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:03:22 +0000 http://blog.engage-encore.com/?p=131#comment-110 You are inaccurate at saying that with the previous license was not possible to develop open-source software to non-Linux platforms. The thing is that with the previous license all projects using the GPL version of Qt must be released under GPL license also. Now with the LGPL projects can do or not release their code as open-source, but is still necessary to publish modifications on Qt code. You are inaccurate at saying that with the previous license was not possible to develop open-source software to non-Linux platforms. The thing is that with the previous license all projects using the GPL version of Qt must be released under GPL license also. Now with the LGPL projects can do or not release their code as open-source, but is still necessary to publish modifications on Qt code.

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