I don't really feel comfortable enough to argue about licenses, but I feel part of what you say is the same as what I know about it. You can write an application that requires PyQt4, and only distribute your original application, with the caveat that the end user must install their own PyQt to satisfy the dependency. It means you are not distributing the GPL software with your software. What I am talking about is a bundled application. From what I know, you cannot distribute a bundled application, with a GPL library, without it making you provide the source to your own application along with it. Basically it has implications for how you can distribute your application and whether or not you want to provide your source code.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1011426 A lawyer could probably do a better job of explaining all of this. All I know is we have a legal department and a CTO at our studio that outline what software licenses we can and cannot use, and GPL appears on the list as a no-no, without explicit approval. It is possible for there to be commercial options, such as PyQt, so those situations have to be considered on a case-by-case. On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 3:56 AM Marcus Ottosson <[email protected]> wrote: > Had a read through my reply and realised that it was quite rude, > apologies! Hope it didn't affect what little information I tried getting > across. :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAFRtmOBgD17Eqn6NoGOw3m4wAP91eUQtqDPoW8c53M3FNp%2BLRw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAFRtmOBgD17Eqn6NoGOw3m4wAP91eUQtqDPoW8c53M3FNp%2BLRw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAPGFgA0uFogFRtKsDdGDCb1q4P-boMt-cKiWkiU1pyE3KunJcw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
