On Jun 1, Leland Olds wrote > "free" means different things to different people. Personally, I like > the Debian/Gnu definition. But if someone else uses it in another way, > that doesn't mean that they are scammers and are trying to mislead us.
Um... in principle. On the other hand, that doesn't mean that all uses are ethical. > Qt is a commercial software product. There are restrictions on the use > of their product - either buy the expensive commercial license, or > don't sell your software - and buy the expensive commercial license if > you want to compile for a non X-Windows platform. Excellent point. > But calling Qt a Scam is a bit strong. I think they make it clear that > they want to make money selling their product. I think it is also clear > that they want to use their "Free-Software" License to encourage people > to use and learn their product so they can sell more commercial licenses > later. Calling a commercial product with strong restrictions free software in misleading, at best. I think "scam" is a perfectly adequate way of labeling this kind of misleading labelling. -- Raul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
