[ITP]: Qt-2.3.1

[Harold Hunt]

Well, remember also that the X11 version is licensed under the GPL, so it is
fine.  They do make some other versions that are not yet licensed under the
GPL.  The native Windows version used to be non-GPL, but I think I remember
seeing something in the news about this changing a few months ago or
something.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Robert Collins
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:52 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: [ITP]: Qt-2.3.1
>
>
> On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 22:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> > Are you sure that we don't get licensing issues here?  AFAIK, Qt is
> > (roughly) only free when running on a free OS.  Basically we're
> > still running on Windows...
>
> http://www.trolltech.com/developer/licensing/
>
> Summary, 2.2 and later is QPL and GPL. They may not like it, or they may
> like it. Who knows. But... they can't stop it.
>
> Rob
>