Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Jan 2009 09:54 UTC, submitted by Almar
After Nokia purchsed Trolltech last year, doubts arose about how Nokia would handle the dual licensing model of Qt, the advanced cross-platform toolkit which lies at the base of the KDE Free software desktop. As it turns out, these doubts were unfounded, as Nokia today announced it's going to add the LGPL to Qt's licensing model, starting with Qt 4.5.
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Member since:2005-08-18
You don't have to do anything with your code if you don't want to, but if you want to distribute your code then it's only fair you keep the same license that allowed you to accomplish your task.
So in the end I am not free to do whatever I want.
If you don't like those rules, you're FREE to not use GPL code and FREE to do the hell you like, so what's the problem
Oh, so it's just like any product that you are not forced to use? I dont' have to use Windows, does that mean the MS license is freedom? This is some assbackwards reasoning, mate.
I have no problem with the GPL but don't say you're free to do whatever you want with code licensed under it because you aren't.
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2005-08-12
Work for NASA? Not everyday you meet a rocket scientist.
So in the end I am not free to do whatever I want.
If by free to do whatever you want, you mean free to steal, then no, you're not, otherwise you're set.
Are you suggesting that unless you're free to commit theft you're not free? Are convicts freedom fighters?
Are you free?
Member since:
2005-10-10
You don't have to do anything with your code if you don't want to, but if you want to distribute your code then it's only fair you keep the same license that allowed you to accomplish your task.
If you don't like those rules, you're FREE to not use GPL code and FREE to do the hell you like, so what's the problem?