On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm looking at using PyQt for a project. > > I've gone to the Riverbank Computing homepage to learn more about PyQT > and I ran into the following. > (http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/commercial/pyqt) > > ========================================================================== > PyQt Commercial Version > Like Qt itself, PyQt is provided under a number of licenses depending on > how it is going to be used. In fact, we try and follow Trolltech's > licensing model as closely as we can. > ========================================================================== > > Comment: As far as I know, this page is out of date. Nokia bought > Trolltech and Qt is licensed under either GPL or LGPL. > > Anyway... carrying on... > > ============================================================================ > The free version of PyQt is licensed under the GNU General Public > License. If your use of PyQt is compatible with the GPL then you do not > need to buy a commercial PyQt license. Similarly you do not need to buy > a commercial Qt license. > <snip> > If your use of PyQt is not compatible with the GPL then you require a > commercial PyQt license. > =========================================================================== > > So if I buy a "commercial license" from Riverbank, I can violate the > GPL ? I don't get this. > > The website goes on... It's dual licensed. If you are going to write an application under a GPL compatible license, you can use the GPL version for free. If you can doing otherwise, you need to purchase a "commercial" license. Both are legal, at least as far as one considers copyright legal. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
