[Qt-interest] LGPL clarifications?

[Konrad Rosenbaum]

Warning: IANAL

On Monday 20 April 2009, Luke McBeath wrote:
> Is there a document/link that we should look at to clarify any
> obligations or exceptions when using Qt 4.5 under the LGPL license?

The license files in the Qt distribution bundle.

> There is a whitepaper (http://www.ics.com/files/docs/Qt_LGPL.pdf) from
> around the time of the announcement from another Qt user but I have not
> seen anything from Nokia.
>
> I am particularly interested in any clarification around:
> a) subclassing (generally considered safe)

correct, this is safe, esp. with libraries like Qt that stay ABI compatible 
for a long time

> b) using template classes (concerns raised in the above whitepaper)

in response to this Nokia added the LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt file

> c) inlined functions

covered by the same file

If you want to make absolutely sure ask a lawyer. Eg. the ones at Nokia that 
drafted these files.


	Konrad


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