[Qt-interest] LGPL clarifications?

[Luke McBeath]

Thanks, that's awesome :)

Konrad Rosenbaum wrote:
> 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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