As Obtuse as it might sound, for my company, it's worth the cost of the commercial license just so we don't have to tip toe around all the LPGL conditions and exceptions.
We have found Digia to be very reliable and responsive and, for now, we are very optimistic about Digia's future with Qt. Karl On 2012-08-14 10:02, Thiago Macieira wrote: > On terça-feira, 14 de agosto de 2012 11.44.54, Atlant Schmidt wrote: > >> You don't find these paragraphs from LGPL 2.1, if not ambiguous, at least "interesting"? > > Don't forget an important detail: Qt isn't licensed "pure" LGPL 2.1. It's > licensed LGPL 2.1 + exception: > > Nokia Qt LGPL Exception version 1.1 > > As an additional permission to the GNU Lesser General Public License version > 2.1, the object code form of a "work that uses the Library" may incorporate > material from a header file that is part of the Library. You may distribute > such object code under terms of your choice, provided that: > (i) the header files of the Library have not been modified; and > (ii) the incorporated material is limited to numerical parameters, data > structure layouts, accessors, macros, inline functions and > templates; and > (iii) you comply with the terms of Section 6 of the GNU Lesser General > Public License version 2.1. > > Moreover, you may apply this exception to a modified version of the Library, > provided that such modification does not involve copying material from the > Library into the modified Library's header files unless such material is > limited to (i) numerical parameters; (ii) data structure layouts; > (iii) accessors; and (iv) small macros, templates and inline functions of > five lines or less in length. > > Furthermore, you are not required to apply this additional permission to a > modified version of the Library. > > -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center Intel Sweden AB - Registration Number: 556189-6027 Knarrarnäsgatan 15, 164 40 Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
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