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DateTue, 24 Jun 2003 10:17:24 -0400
FromTimothy Miller <>
SubjectRe: Troll Tech [was RE: Sco vs. IBM]

Downing, Thomas wrote:

> 
> No, they don't.  KDE uses the GPL for QT.  If I build a commercial
> app using KDE, it is GPL.  If I build a commercial app not using
> KDE, but using commercial QT, that has no effect on the KDE desktop.
> 


I'm over 1100 emails behind here, so please excuse me if I'm repeating 
what someone else said.

But are you implying, by analogy, that if I were to write a program 
using GTK+ that the application would be forced to be under GPL?  So I 
can't write a closed-source GNOME program?  Or is GTK under LGPL?

Anyhow, I see little problem with the Qt model.  If I'm writing a 
closed-source commercial app that I'm going to sell, it's no skin off my 
nose to pay TrollTech a little money to use their toolkit, considering 
that I'm probably going to need some support anyhow.


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