Star Trolltech's Qt To Be Licensed Under GPLv3
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 18th Jan 2008 22:33 UTC, submitted by Michael Larabel
Qt Breaking from the KDE 4.0 release event right now is word that Trolltech will be releasing Qt under the GPLv3 license. An official announcement will be made by Trolltech regarding this GPLv2 to GPLv3 license update on Monday, January 21, 2008. Additionally, KDE 4.1 is now planned for a July 2008 release.
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RE: v2 + v3, not v2 -> v3
by segedunum on Sat 19th Jan 2008 15:08 UTC in reply to "v2 + v3, not v2 -> v3"
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"GPLv2 to GPLv3 license update" is a somewhat misleading wording. The GPL v3 license option will be available in addition to GPL v2, not replace it.


That's an important point. Qt already has many exceptions to allow Qt's usage with other software of different licenses.

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