2009/3/18 Rory Browne <[email protected]> > > >> But that is NOT the case I am talking about here. QT is a library and >> was licensed under the GPL (actually dual licensed -- your exception clause, >> you could pay for a less restrictive license). >> > > QT is now available under the terms of the GPL, and now even the LGPL. That > was not always the case. QT was originally ( before the GPL / QPL ), > released under a propriatory licence. >
err... if you read on in my last message you would see that is exactly what I said. > > > The case I am talking about here is linking non-GPL code with GPL code. > In that case the key paragraph in the GPL license is this one: > > These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If > identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, > and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in > themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those > sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you > distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based > on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of > this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the > entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it. > >> >> Now in the case of a program that uses QT this para does not apply, so the >> whole ends up licensed GPL. Happily, Nokia recently changed the license on >> QT to LGPL. >> > > I was refering to the case of before QT was available under the GPL. It > also has been well established that if you link to GPL libraries, and > redistribute your product, you must licence your product under the terms of > the GPL. > Indeed -- again, if you read carefully what I have written on this thread you will see we are in agreement here. The one case I was trying to point out is that a GPL main program is not viral as far as licenses for libraries it links to. John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/pythonireland?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
