Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:23:43 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FYI] QT4 licensing looks very bad for *BSD Message-ID: <200506291323.44528.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <200506291330.56499.danny@ricin.com> References: <200506291330.56499.danny@ricin.com>
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On Wednesday 29 June 2005 12:30, Danny Pansters wrote: > Folks, > > I don't want to scare anyone but today QT4 was released and their web page > > (http://www.trolltech.com/download/opensource.html) > > specifically states several times that if using the free version one is > required to release their own code under GPL. That's effectively a > requirement to relicense which goes much further than the GPL itself. The > former licensing amounted to "abide to the GPL or QPL" as is normal for a > GPL project and in that case one could release code under BSDL and if > anything let the next guy worry about it (if they want to distribute a > derivative). I don't see what you are getting at. As I read it, they give an informal informational precis of what the GPL is, and then say: "This is because the Open Source versions of our software are governed by the terms of the GNU GPL license".
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