[bt-devel] Trolltech makes Qt/Windows available under new non-commercial license

[Martin Gruner]

This is great news!

Actually I have expected this by following the development on 
http://sf.net/projects/kde-cygwin. They ported Qt 2.3.0 and thereby "forced" 
Trolltech to move to a new licensing scheme.

At this point we will _not_ react. I think the KDE team might decide to port 
KDE. Once this is done we can think about creating a BT port, not earlier.
Let's see what happens in this area...

BTW a mac port might be possible too...

Martin

> I just found this article.
>
> Trolltech has created a brand-new noncommercial License that will allow
> Windows developers to use Qt, the cross-platform C++ GUI application
> development framework, at no charge.
>
> The Non-Commercial License lets developers download Qt at no charge to
> either evaluate the framework before purchase, or to create software
> for personal use on the Microsoft Windows platform. For example, a
> developer could use the Non-Commercial License to write a chat client
> or MP3 player. The license allows them to use that application and even
> distribute it to other users. What they cannot do is charge a fee for
> its use.
>
> check out the complete story here
>
> http://news.linuxprogramming.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-06-26-001-03-CD