Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 23:37:27 -0400 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ugly Huge BSD Monster Message-ID: <20030903033727.GA3243@online.fr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030902211245.033c65d0@localhost> References: <20030903004839.GA1625@online.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20030902211245.033c65d0@localhost>
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Brett Glass said on Sep 2, 2003 at 21:25:16: > At 06:48 PM 9/2/2003, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > >Actually, it's an excellent model. If you want to use Qt in your own > >proprietary non-GPL code, you need to buy a licence from them (and lots > >of people are doing that) > > No, lots of people are NOT doing that. http://www.trolltech.com/company/customers.html?cid=10 http://www.trolltech.com/devices/index.html They're becoming pretty big on embedded platforms in particular (as are Opera, who also are their customers but for some reason aren't mentioned on the above pages). > and stop paying license fees. And the smarter ones will simply use the > no-cost version, on any terms that are necessary. The terms are that their own products be GPL'd; as you'd normally be the first to point out, most companies find that unacceptable. Rahul
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