Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
DJA wrote:
Maybe I missed some news about Trolltech that isn't years old,
but...why does Trolltech need defending?
The original comment was ironic declaring that the GPL is a benefit
because it prevents sponging off the open source movement when, in fact,
the Gtk/Qt fiasco was one of the original free vs. open source dramas.
And it was Trolltech sponging off of the open source movement.
Like I hinted: that was years ago. Get over it.
The is especially poignant considering it was Gtk/Gnome that managed to
present enough of a threat to get Trolltech to actually switch to a
multiple license model for Qt.
Well then good for both of them.
One thing people forget is that Trolltech still controls the copyright
on Qt. It can legally revoke the GPL license on Qt *any time it chooses*.
I think you need to actually read the GPL. Trolltech (or anyone else for
that matter, as JHRIV pointed out) can change the license for any
/future/ code developed by them, but they have absolutely no control
over current GPL'ed code.
It is also true that the LGPL license could be revoked on Gnome;
however, the Gnome Foundation provides an extra later of protection
against a single company being able to do that.
-a
Ditto of above.
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