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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • September 4, 2000
    Finally...

    ``In a move that should eliminate a major criticism of KDE as a development platform, Trolltech announced today that it is licensing the upcoming free version of Qt/Unix 2.2 under the GPL (GNU General Public License). Developers will have the option of using the open-source version of Qt 2.2 under either the QPL (Q Public License) or GPL license, depending on their licensing requirements....Acknowledging that industry backing of the GNOME Foundation was a factor in the decision to GPL Qt, Eng said internal debate on the issue began in May and accelerated in the middle of June. `On a practical basis, we hope it will make it easier to choose Qt for development projects, while eliminating the political side,' Eng said. `Apart from that, it won't change much. We don't feel that the GPL gives you any more or fewer rights than the QPL. Now people can choose Qt for open source development without any licensing concerns.'''

    Full story:
    http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/2269/1/

    Actually, GTK+ is licensed under the LGPL, allowing linking from proprietary software. This may be why Trolltech decided on a dual-licensing scheme. Commercial, closed-source developers would still be required to pay for the QPL license. Clever. I think the subtlety of their new plans may escape many people. Reference by LinuxToday.com.

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