Thanks Adam! > I can tell you this right up front: You can't use "Qt" in the name. > It's trademarked, which means you need permission to use it as part of > the name; the text of the LGPL makes this clear.
I totally agree! OK. That was one major point in my request. > If you read the LGPL (which Creator is distributed under), you will > also find that yes, you can distribute your modified version under the > LGPL or under the GPL; you can't use any license besides those. I'd go for GPL actually. > Generally I've found that Qt Sales is the appropriate department to > direct these kinds of questions to and they'll forward them on to > Legal, but I think that you can get all of your answers if you just > read the text of the license. Alright. I'd wait for other comments and feedback and then proceed to contact Qt Sales. Thanks for the reference! -Ilyes > /s/ Adam > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Ilyes Gouta <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >>> For the legal aspect you should ask a lawyer. >> >> I can't afford one, even have access to. >> >> However, I'd *really* like to have the opinion of Nokia's employees >> and QtCreator's developers about these items: >> >> 1. Is it - at all possible - to distribute this reduced form of Qt >> Creator? In this case, exclusively in an open source form. >> 2. If yes, do I have to rename it? Any suggestions are welcome :) I'd >> need to do so in order to insure a proper installation on the user's >> machine (so that files from different packages don't get overwritten). >> 3. Is it possible to get an official confirmation from a Nokia >> representative? Is there any procedure? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Ilyes >> >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Andre Poenitz >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 03:36:47PM +0100, Ilyes Gouta wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I finally found some time and implemented that idea. Code lives on >>>> http://qt.gitorious.org/~ilyesgouta/qt-creator/qt-editor >>>> >>>> So far, the changes actually are disabling some portions in the build >>>> system (all the non needed plugins and supporting code) and modifying >>>> CppTools to not depend on ProjectExplorer and SearchSymbol, etc. >>>> >>>> To Qt Creator developers: is it OK to name this editor qt-editor? >>> >>> For the legal aspect you should ask a lawyer. >>> >>> Andre' >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qt-creator mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qt-creator mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator >> > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > _______________________________________________ Qt-creator mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator
