I don't really get what the fuss about licensing is all about, too. How many of you people are Qt contributors? Because their licensing policies only affect them. For people who use Qt as a library, they are free to choose their own license.
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Originally posted by GreatEmerald View PostI don't really get what the fuss about licensing is all about, too. How many of you people are Qt contributors? Because their licensing policies only affect them. For people who use Qt as a library, they are free to choose their own license.
It works for me, unless they do this.
Originally posted by cbamber85 View PostThere are a lot of people who care deeply about the open-source philosophy, and I respect that. But I am a pragmatist: computers and software are just tools to perform tasks. Anything beyond that - I don't give a shit.
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Well, the responses actually beat me. I don't know who will want to contribute, but to use existing foundation is yes, easy. That said, they should have relicensed Qt to BSD or something similar because there is no point in GPL (and exploiting it). Qt is a library, the only danger may come from patenting or closing down vital parts. No sins in using it in proprietary, but if proprietary are using opensource developed work without giving any code back, why care about GPL at all...Last edited by crazycheese; 20 December 2012, 09:38 AM.
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At the risk of being on-topic:
Hurrah for Qt 5.0! I've been looking forward to this day!
I've only recently started using Qt but it's been a pleasure to do so and I've appreciated the documentation and examples given. Congratulations to Digia at the Qt project.
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