PyQt, Qt, Windows and Linux

[Gerhard Häring]

Re: This is getting ridiculous (Re: PyQt, Qt, Windows and Linux)

email9898989@ya hoo.com wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>>The "official" Qt3 book is due in February of 2004, and the
>>included CD will include a non-commerical version of Qt 3.2.1
>>for Windows [...] it appears that you will be able to distribute
>>the Qt runtime DLLs with your non commerical application [...][/color]
>
> So if I just want to make free software that works cross-platform, I'd
> have to buy this crappy C++ book to get a special restricted version
> of Qt3 for Windows that may or may not work with Python. This is
> ridiculous.[/color]

If that's what you want ("make free software that works cross-platform")
you're probably better off using an alternative GUI toolkit.

-- Gerhard

[Cameron Laird]

Re: This is getting ridiculous (Re: PyQt, Qt, Windows and Linux)

In article <e9dc6133.03111 90706.28a12f47@ posting.google. com>,
email9898989@ya hoo.com <email9898989@y ahoo.com> wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>> The "official" Qt3 book is due in February of 2004, and the
>> included CD will include a non-commerical version of Qt 3.2.1
>> for Windows [...] it appears that you will be able to distribute
>> the Qt runtime DLLs with your non commerical application [...][/color]
>
>So if I just want to make free software that works cross-platform, I'd
>have to buy this crappy C++ book to get a special restricted version
>of Qt3 for Windows that may or may not work with Python. This is
>ridiculous.[/color]

If you think *that*'s ridiculous ... well, I expect IT will endlessly amuse you.
--

Cameron Laird <claird@phaseit .net>
Business: http://www.Phaseit.net

[Phil Thompson]

Re: PyQt, Qt, Windows and Linux

On Wednesday 19 November 2003 10:28 am, Richie Hindle wrote:[color=blue]
> [Rob]
>[color=green]
> > The "official" Qt3 book is due in February of 2004, and the
> > included CD will include a non-commerical version of Qt 3.2.1
> > for Windows [...] it appears that you will be able to distribute
> > the Qt runtime DLLs with your non commerical application [...][/color]
>
> This is great news for people who want to develop free Windows software
> with Qt. Phil, do you yet know whether PyQt Non-Commercial will support
> this version of Qt?[/color]

I usually follow what Trolltech do, which means that I'll probably look at
selling a CD with a compatible version of PyQt on it.

Phil

[Jim Bublitz]

Re: This is getting ridiculous (Re: PyQt, Qt, Windows and Linux)

Gerhard Häring wrote:
[color=blue]
> email9898989@ya hoo.com wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>The "official" Qt3 book is due in February of 2004, and the
>>>included CD will include a non-commerical version of Qt 3.2.1
>>>for Windows [...] it appears that you will be able to
>>>distribute the Qt runtime DLLs with your non commerical
>>>applicatio n [...][/color]
>>
>> So if I just want to make free software that works
>> cross-platform, I'd have to buy this crappy C++ book to get a
>> special restricted version
>> of Qt3 for Windows that may or may not work with Python. This
>> is ridiculous.[/color]
>
> If that's what you want ("make free software that works
> cross-platform") you're probably better off using an
> alternative GUI toolkit.[/color]

Or a smaller value of "cross-platform".

Jim

[Jarek Zgoda]

Re: PyQt, Qt, Windows and Linux

email9898989@ya hoo.com <email9898989@y ahoo.com> pisze:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> Qt for Linux is GPL'd, so nothing prevents you from selling your
>> software for Linux - you do have to provide source code though
>> and can't charge for Qt/PyQt/etc.[/color]
>
> Sorry I wasn't crystal clear. If you plan to develop commercial
> software on any platform, you have to pay for Qt. I was trying to
> make their pricing schemes more easy for people to understand.[/color]

Don't spread FUD. You don't have to pay for Qt if you distribute it
under GNU Public License. Even commercially. You can earn money for your
software and you have nothing to pay to Trolltech if this is GPL-ed
software. They can say anything, but it's GPL, they just can not impose
such restriction.

I think somebody at FSF should take closer look at statements that can
be found on Trolltech website -- they are misleading at least.

--
Jarek Zgoda
Unregistered Linux User #-1
http://www.zgoda.biz/ JID:zgoda@chrom e.pl http://zgoda.jogger.pl/

[JanC]

Re: PyQt, Qt, Windows and Linux

Alex Martelli <aleax@aleax.it > schreef:
[color=blue]
> Somebody's trying to develop a GPL version of Qt that runs under Windows
> (with cygwin, specifically for the purpose of using KDE on cygwin)[/color]

They are working on a non-Cygwin port too (should compile on VC++ & MinGW),
but that might take longer to complete...

--
JanC

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