On Wednesday 17 September 2014 13:29:50 André Somers wrote: > Milian Wolff schreef op 17-9-2014 12:38: > > On Tuesday 16 September 2014 12:11:26 Knoll Lars wrote: > >> Hi everybody, > >> > >> I’m happy to tell you that we’re making significant progress towards the > >> new unified web page that I’ve first been talking about at the > >> contributor > >> summit. We just launched the first stage of it on http://qt.io. For now > >> qt.digia.com is going to redirect to it. I hope you will like the new web > >> page. Please have a look and give us your feedback. > >> > >> In addition, we also now have a new company name for the Qt part of > >> Digia. > >> It’s simply ‘The Qt Company’. > >> > >> For more details check out my blog at > >> http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2014/09/16/the-qt-company-introduces-a-unif > >> ie > >> d-website-and-20e25-monthly-indie-mobile-package/ and of course > >> http://qt.io > > > > Hey Lars, > > > > I have a question/request/remark: Currently, on > > http://www.qt.io/download/, it says that the "community" license of Qt > > does not give users the "full rights to modify source codes". What you > > probably mean by that, is that while the FOSS licenses allow you to > > modify it, you are also required to contribute back. Anyhow, I think this > > wording is highly confusing and *at least* a popup with explanatory text > > should added. Or better yet, also add the green tickmark and mention that > > the contributions must be upstreamed. > > > > We all want contributions by FOSS users of Qt after all, no? > > > > Bye > > That's also nonsense. The changes must be made public to those you have > given a license to use your software, but that is not the same as having > to upstream your changes back into the project directly. Sure, that > would be the ideal model, but it is not always possible and, more to the > point, is not what the license says.
True. But do we agree that saying FOSS users don't have the "full rights to modify source codes" is wrong, or at least misleading? I guess so, considering you say "That's *also* nonsense" (emphasis mine). Bye -- Qt Developer Days 2014 - October 6 - 8 at BCC, Berlin Milian Wolff | milian.wo...@kdab.com | Software Engineer KDAB (Deutschland) GmbH&Co KG, a KDAB Group company Tel. Germany +49-30-521325470, Sweden (HQ) +46-563-540090 KDAB - Qt Experts - Platform-independent software solutions _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
