[PyQt] LGPL license.

Stef Mientki stef.mientki at gmail.com
Tue Feb 10 21:49:57 GMT 2009


Knapp wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
>   
>> On 10.02.09 19:56:44, Knapp wrote:
>>     
>>> I see that the newer QT4.5 has the LGPL license. Does this mean that
>>> pyQT will also have this license? Does using this license mean that
>>> you can use the lib and write a closed source app without having to
>>> pay for a license?
>>>       
>> Please read the archive, this has already come up once or twice this
>> year.
>>
>> Andreas
>>     
>
> Thanks for that important point about the archives. I did read it! It
> is as clear as mud.
> QT is LGPL
> KDE is LGPL
> pyKDE is ??? LGPL???
> pyQT is not?? and never will be but maybe someone named Phil is still
> thinking about it?
>
> That is the best I can tell by all that but really someone could just
> be straight and answer my question.
>
> Comes down to if pyQT is LGPL then I write in my fav lang python, if
> not then I go back and relearn C++ and face the brackets that I hoped
> never to face again. :-)
>   
No no, just join the wxPython group !
cheers,
Stef



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