Next LUG meet: 9 Nov 2003 around 4 pm - VJTI -------------------------------------------- Hello,
Would like inputs from the list on this! Sameer. ----- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 21:36:11 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Issue N34385] Trolltech's licensing policy To: "Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday, 01. nov 2003 14:08 Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote: > Hello, > > I was exploring the licensing options that Trolltech provides for the > Qt library, when I came across this: > > "Software developed with the Qt Free Editions may be freely copied > and distributed, put on FTP sites and CD-ROMs, etc. This is entirely > different from software developed with Qt Commercial Editions, which > is governed by the laws protecting intellectual property." > > The part "... governed by the laws protecting intellectual property." > clearly shows the kind of confusion that people have about IP and the > GPL. The FSF has reiterated time and again that the GPL does _not_ go > against or out of IP laws, but instead stays within the framework, and > uses copyright to ensure freedom of the software. > > Is Trolltech actually trying to say that software that can be "freely > copied and distributed, put on FTP sites and CD-ROMs, etc." is not > governed by the laws protecting intellectual property? No, this is not our intention. Obviously we have not succeded in communicating that. Thanks for pointing this out. We were trying to convey the fact that software developed with Qt Commercial Editions does not depend on the GPL, so that our commercial customers have the option of not distributing their source with their binaries. We'll try to come up with less ambiguous alternative wording. Your suggestions would be welcome. > PS: The URL for "press kit" on the "Contact Us" page is incorrect - it > points to http://pip/newsroom/presskit.html Thanks! Our webmaster has now fixed it. > Research Scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay > http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/ You may know of this http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/ academiclicense.html Kind regards, Eivind Throndsen -- Product Manager, Professional Services and Partnering, Trolltech AS, Waldemar Thranes gate 98 B, NO-0175 OSLO +47 21 60 48 85 work, +47 928 00 534 mobile/cellphone ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Research Scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/ -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
