On Friday 24 November 2006 10:04, Phil Thompson wrote: > On Friday 24 November 2006 5:37 pm, Simon Edwards wrote: > > On Wednesday 15 November 2006 21:12, Simon Edwards wrote: > > > Background > > > ~~~~~~~~~~ > > > The Python bindings consist of a couple of parts. The binding tool SIP > > > which is used to help generate the binding C++ code, PyQt, Python/Qt > > > bindings which > > > use SIP. Both are produced by Phil Thompson at Riverbank Computing[1] > > > in the UK, and are available under the GPL or via a commercial closed > > > source > > > > license > > > > > which can be bought. This model is similar to Trolltech's of course. > > > SIP/PyQt > > > has been available and in commercial use since 1998 and support the > > > same platforms as Qt itself. > > > > Sebas was asking if there is an agreement with Riverbank like the one > > between the FreeQt foundation and Trolltech. i.e. what happens to SIP and > > PyQt if Riverbank go out of business. Currently there is no such > > agreement in place if Riverbank disappears. We could try organising one > > if people feel that it is necessary. > > > > And also just to be clear, there are no plans to keep a copy of SIP or > > PyQt in KDE SVN like what has been done during in KDE 3. > > Didn't that agreement pre-date the GPL version of Qt? I don't see what the > purpose of such an agreement would be given the code is available under the > GPL.
Right. Currently nearly everything in the PyKDE chain is already GPL'd - might be a few things (examples, for example) which are BSD or public domain. Windows and Mac licensing might vary a little, but that seems to be dependent more on what TrollTech chooses to do, and the corresponding versions of sip are still GPL'd, aren't they? Jim _______________________________________________ PyKDE mailing list [email protected] http://mats.imk.fraunhofer.de/mailman/listinfo/pykde
