On Wednesday 17 September 2014 14:06:15 André Somers wrote: > Absolutely. FOSS users have, by definition, every right to modify the > source code. So yes, the current qt.io site is very misleading there.
> They just don't have the right to publish closed source software based > on those modified sources without releasing those modifications to their > users (well, sort off. It is of course a bit more involved than that.) That last sentence is true, but unrelated to making modifications. Every user of Qt under the LGPL must publish the version of Qt they used, REGARDLESS of whether they modified it or not. They have to publish it on their own servers. Pointing to qt-project.org or qt.io servers is not enough to fulfil the requirements of the licence. The licence requires that the distributor of the software (v2) or the "conveyor" of the software (v3) also offer the source of the library. It's the responsibility of that person and you cannot pass it along to someone else. -- Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center _______________________________________________ Development mailing list [email protected] http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development
