-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 EA's links are sometimes broken yes. (Depends on the browser, don't ask me how they did that) Correct the \ to a / in their links.
Regarding the Qt link, my mistake. I meant this one: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/licensing.html Do you agree it is hard to download this and digest it nicely in an application? On 04/02/2014 06:25 PM, Etienne Sandré-Chardonnal wrote: > Hi, > > Very interesting question indeed, but I do not understand your two > links: - The first one is a very simple license with no links and > no "branching", I do not see any mess - The second one (EA) has > only dead links > > Cheers, > > Etienne > > > 2014-04-02 4:46 GMT+02:00 Jonas Thiem <jonasth...@googlemail.com > <mailto:jonasth...@googlemail.com>>: > > Hi *, > > I checked the Qt licensing a bit: > http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/legal-easing.html Short > conclusion: it is complex. > > > Now I see the following problem (keep in mind IANAL): > > Any application linking to Qt falls under "work that uses the > Library", no matter if it ships with Qt or not, specified in the > LGPL 2.1 used for Qt 4.8. (unless I am mistaken of course) > > This means each program needs to (again assuming I'm newbishly > reading correctly): * display prominently they use LGPL-licensed > Qt * link to the full LGPL license (no matter if it's hidden in > whatever folder Qt/Licenses of the Qt install on whatever place of > the disk) > > Also, any other of the TONS of licenses Qt uses may or may not > require us to do similar things. (all the Apple contributions and > more) > > But who has the time to read all them? > > Big companies like EA do. They have their lawyers to compile all > the licenses: http://gpl.ea.com/qtlicense.html > > Surprisingly, most smaller open-source devs don't or aren't aware. > > What does that mean? Most Qt programs probably violate Qt's LGPL > terms and probably others by missing out on displaying information > they should display. Only the big commercial players will actually > comply, and the actual open-source devs will have trouble reading > up on what they actually need to embed and display to the user for > a simple Qt program that doesn't even ship or install Qt. > > > Now if I look at http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/legal-easing.html > I can easily understand why. The page is a mess! > > Why is there no single text file with all required licensing > information which I can simply slap into my About dialog? Or do I > need to hire a lawyer first or manually check all licenses that may > require me to display them or Copyright or whatever in my about > dialog, so I can actually comply with them? > > Some more guidance on what an open-source dev linking to Qt > legally needs to display would really help. (e.g. to start with, a > SINGLE FILE assembling all copyright notices + licenses). > > Regards, Jonas Thiem > > PS: Sorry for mailing this if all of what I said is false. Again I > am not a lawyer, I am just guessing from casually reading the LGPL > license that the display of stuff is needed. But if it is, it > could really help if Qt/Digia bothered to assemble a slap in and > forget file which has all the stuff that legally needs to be > displayed. (that huge nested HTML page isn't really suitable for > embedding into an application!) > _______________________________________________ Interest mailing > list Interest@qt-project.org <mailto:Interest@qt-project.org> > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTPJJ6AAoJEBIDTbbx8Yke1F8QAMr8CtMSEqaPRQl0ELOpFVct Gv0m0v1zEbv2wxMC2hzi25jLOddO8Pczb9MEYCs1JNLDEPb9MO3IUVBSRn0cszqL NezxjdTXDG5HgmfU+fzWWfT4NPQDpSIAF9wm2IWbxtCiPpNgbU5z43fD3EnojGs5 qD9+PNxzUWrzxCq3oa4LD3STBF32q2BBeFBJ8lWwEUGL5nC87sncE/flhrdo6aaf nKO0ZLLzJqYxnQ5UhZly7ZaLYMybMXXlznxkv6DyKsFBBFoTlUVBsVI7KvPsvfMK CLKnQtJyWEHPaty4I1eayXnkBWLP6vhuqPYVa0vgm/CxqybdxUhgDky/RFnCI+Qu tU783G7rsfNoU2IzS08pWIrHIU4pDM9178tDg9CKAscKEpsSCh1je79mbd1JdiH+ A/4X6qkYHjfPrPDYvOokRE3nRqXL9yexGulV3j3v4EeiBj5k16zqYLrzRzhNIm4d rnlCepgfxjFnhN8Zm/+36AWtiIWgSUXMOsqPey0G8/4JDIAPnP6exDqAbMp+cZim gtemUzo72V5wxAzcJsK0cBJBHtd+rJJFQ/NktwMff0M0Lvgu2aJzx35ZgLYJLqHd Ca2zSWx0t+QsHqXy1S+U1c14MdRPPdD52DbaHIe4hJwe7P20ewJxEFnCKmCro0V5 X7uyd2ek7k7t9ieT0lYr =r2nl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
