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Re: Qt license
by ac on Monday 15/May/2006, @16:43
They could even sell the apps using the GPL version, as long as they provided the source to their customers upon request, and otherwise complied with the GPL. Trolltech should really call their "commercial" license their "proprietary" license, since there's no problem distributing commercial apps under the GPL.
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Re: Qt license
by Erik on Tuesday 16/May/2006, @01:50
That's the experience I had. I've been asked if Qt/GPL prevented the author from being paid for the work done. Most people combine "commercial" with "to be paid for", which is a big issue.

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Re: Qt license
by ZACK on Tuesday 16/May/2006, @13:06
Haha, you can sell the GPL version to a custommer but the custommer can freely post it on the Internet and everyone else can dowmload it for free.

GPL really is not a commerce-friendly license. It protects rights of the user, not author's rights.
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  • Re: Qt license
    by Corbin on Tuesday 16/May/2006, @17:55
    Long as your take that into account with your business model thats not a problem, RedHat is surviving rather well (and is making a profit) despite all of their code being GPL/LGPL/other OSI approved OSS license.

    Also for pretty niche products the version on the Internet probably wouldn't spread very fast...
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