Forgot ... Which of the Android components for QT do I need to install ? [image: Inline-Bild 1]
2015-10-12 21:15 GMT+02:00 Guido Lerch <[email protected]>: > >> > > > > Which is a TON of work. This should be WAY easier and, as added benefit, > > should give us two consistent mobile apps that will benefit from any work > > done on the UI for one as it should cleanly translate to the other. > That's > > the whole idea behind doing a QML UI instead of a native UI for Android > > (or IOS) > And I would have started it but what you guys suggest here makes way more > sense. > > > >> Now as I got all this useful replies I am glad I had asked and not > started already. > > > > Asking on the mailing list is always a good idea. Really. We rarely bite. > I hope :-) > > > >> Using the android ground and the glue layer, would that not conflict > with GPL? > > > > Complicated question. And a question that doesn't have a universally > > agreed upon answer. > > > > The quick summary is that I believe that you are not in violation because > > you continue to make the sources available and since all the tools needed > > for someone to make changes and build their own app will also be made > > available. > > > > There are people who state with very strong arguments that the way apps > > are distributed in the iTunes store is in violation of the GPL because > the > > store language says that people aren't allowed to modify the the app. > > > > I believe that the fact that we will not just publish the app in the > store > > but ALSO make it easy for people to modify and rebuild the app starting > > from our source distribution solves that problem with the terms of the > > store. > > > > And since at this point I believe I am the majority copyright holder and > > since in previous conversations the other people with significant stake > in > > Subsurface (as GPL software) have all shown little or no concern about > > this issue... I am quite comfortable that this is the direction we should > > go in. > > > > Basically the only people who really could complain and say "Hey, this > > violates the GPL" is us, the developers. :-) > I dive into that. > > > > /D > -- Best regards, Guido
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