[bt-devel] [Fwd: BorCon, Qt license]

[Joachim Ansorg]

Hi!

> > Wrong, if you'd read the mails Troy send you'd see that we have to pay it
> > only once. Updates are cheaper and we don't have to buy them.
>
> I'd suggest you read it again ;)
> I cite:
> Please note that Qt is sold including 12 months of support and free
> upgrades. Should you not wish to renew the support and upgrades
> subscription you are still free to use Qt for as long as you wish, but will
> not be eligible to receive support and upgrades.
>
> IMO it is a per-year fee, if we want to stay up to date with the qt
> version.

Sure, if we want to stay up to date.
But maybe it's not useful to do it, only to Qt 3.0 or whatever. And: We have 
one year free updates.

> > > -Maybe it would not be necessary because the sword program will be
> > > developed well and continuous.
> >
> > I think we shoud port because users send very often mails to me saying
> > they like BibleTime's structure better than the interface of te Windows
> > interface. Other people like you like the Win interface of Troy better.
>
> Hey! Don't be angry! I did nowhere say better, I only said it is good.
> Both have advantages and disadvantages.

ok ok.

> > >  -we could use the recent cygwin
> >
> > Hm, I'm not really sure if Cygwin is supported by Qt. Otherwise we can
> > use the free Borland compilers or buy some old bur recent C++ compilers
> > (Borland / Inprise, Microsoft).
>
> Try to install the cygwin from the sword cd for testing. It does contain
> many tools
> we'd need (make...) to keep the existing make process. I think it would be
> the easiest solution. bt should not split into a windowa and a linux
> version which might happen if we used another compiler system.
> You will need to update cygwin, though.

I can't install Cygwin because I don't have Windows :)
Wine is too bad for this job.

What should I do now ? ;)

> Martin

--Joachim