Den 28-02-2012 19:36, Bob Hood skrev: > On 2/28/2012 10:53 AM, Bo Thorsen wrote: >> Den 28-02-2012 18:16, Atlant Schmidt skrev: >>> All this may not apply to you if you're distributing >>> Qt under the Commercial license. >> >> AFAIR, you're not allowed to redistribute the commercial licensed Qt. > > Um, what? I thought that was at least part of the reason why one would > purchase a commercial license in the first place, so you can redistribute your > use of Qt in any form you like (shared or static). The other part would be > support. Am I just misunderstanding what you're trying to say?
Sorry, I should have been more precise with this (someone else already asked the same in a private mail). You are of course allowed to distribute a product based on Qt, but the OP wanted to develop a library, which means this would be a derived development product based on Qt, and that's where I think the license stops you. Otherwise, he could sell off Qt licensed only to him. It might be that he could make a deal with Digia to do this, where a commercial Qt license would be bundled, or something like it. And here's another reason it's a really bad idea: The Qt version would be locked to the static build provided with the library. So if you have a Qt problem that can only be solved by a patch or an upgrade, you're out of luck. I personally wouldn't even consider buying such a product. Add-on libraries to Qt are fine, but you need a build with dynamic libs. Or get the add-on sourcecode and build the thing statically yourself. Bo Thorsen, Fionia Software. -- Expert Qt and C++ developer for hire Contact me if you need expert Qt help http://www.fioniasoftware.dk _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
