[Fw: Re: Aplikace z KDevelop a GPL]

[kratochvil na dbsystem.com]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 03:09:23PM +0200, Michal Krause wrote:
> On 25/09/2002, Michal Krause wrote:
> 
> > > a z jejich webu:
> > > <cut>
> > > The Qt Free Edition is provided under both the Q Public License
> > > ("QPL") and the GPL. This specifies that you may freely use the Qt
> > > Free Edition for:
> > > 
> > >   * Running software developed by others (e.g. KDE)
> > >   * Development of open source/non-proprietary software 
> > > </cut>
> > > 
> > > Coz je v rozporu s licenci LGPL. Na LGPL muzete postavit "closed source"
> > > software. 
> > 
> > O LGPL tam ale neni ani slovo - a GPL ani QPL distribuci uzavreneho
> > softwaru neumoznuje. Viz citace z QPL:
> > 
> > 6. You may develop application programs, reusable components and other
> > software items that link with the original or modified versions of the
> > Software. These items, when distributed, are subject to the following
> > requirements:
> > 
> > 	a. You must ensure that all recipients of machine-executable
> > 	forms of these items are also able to receive and use the
> > 	complete machine-readable source code to the items without any
> > 	charge beyond the costs of data transfer.
> 
> Aha, uz mi to docvaklo - vy jste asi mel v souvislosti s diskuzi
> o kdelibs na mysli to, ze soft, ktery linkuje kdelibs musi linkovat i qt
> a tudiz nemuze byt closed. Hm, tak to vypada, ze s KDE se muze linkovat
> jenom takovy soft s licenci, ktera zarucuje poskytnuti zdrojovych kodu.
> Takze LGPL ma v tomto pripade pouze ten efekt, ze nic nebrani vytvareni
> KDE aplikaci treba s BSD licenci.
> 

Proto Vam zbyva pro komercni aplikace pouzit jedina zminovana moznost a
to jest: zakoupit komercni licenci pro pouzivani Qt a kdelibs pouzit pod
LGPL.

Nebo nekoho napada jeste jina cesta jak neporusit licenci od Qt a
zaroven vyvijet s kdelibs komercni projekt?

Hlavne ze jsme se shodli

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