The is announcement posted here:
http://www.qtsoftware.com/about/news/lgpl-license-option-added-to-qt



On 1/14/09 8:54 AM, "Tomlinson, Gordon" <gtomlin...@overwatch.textron.com>
wrote:

> Could be good and hope it is when QT 4.5 is released
> 
> But right now its seems little confusing as they say current commercial
> licenses will still be enforce and continue
> 
> 
> See http://www.qtsoftware.com/downloads ( which is the current make-up)
> 
> So unless 3 & 4 from that list get a green tick with 4.5 It really won't
> make much difference to most windoze users and MFC may still live :(
> And the other issue for windoze uses the current GPL is only under gcc,
> which again would rule out many window users due to heavy Visual Studio
> usage
> 
> I'm hoping at least the gcc restriction will go
> 
> 
> Gordon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: osg-users-boun...@lists.openscenegraph.org
> [mailto:osg-users-boun...@lists.openscenegraph.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Osfield
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:33 AM
> To: OpenSceneGraph Users
> Subject: Re: [osg-users] Is OSG tied to OpenGL?
> 
> Hi Yann,
> 
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:01 PM, yann le paih <lepaih.y...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Interesting news about Qt and OSG GUI  :
>>     Qt 4.5 will be available under the LGPL
>>     Official announce :
>> http://www.qtsoftware.com/about/news/lgpl-license-option-added-to-qt
> 
> This is a huge step.  Wow.  I've always hoped that QT would be LGPL one
> day, but had lost hope with Nokia purchasing Trolltech and not quickly
> changing the licensing.
> 
> Fingers crossed this will mean less people using MFC and similar
> platform tied API's.
> 
> Robert.
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