[Interest] Protection against a VLC-like enforcement: a Qt developers could send an infringement complaint about software distributed through he Apple App Store, and Apple pulling the software?

[Thiago Macieira]

On terça-feira, 21 de fevereiro de 2012 11.05.13, Erwin Coumans wrote:
> Do we just need to trust the Qt developers they won't do this?

You can't do that. With the Qt Project, "Qt developers" means every single 
person who has contributed code to Qt. That's not just one company, but a lot 
of individuals. Each and every one of them can open a lawsuit against you for 
infringing on the LGPL they licensed the code to you.

So you need to be sure you're not infringing.

> Or is there anything that protects Qt users (who want to distribute their
> software through the Apple App Store) from such infringement complain?

Don't infringe.

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