[Qt-interest] LGPL and static linking

[Raul Metsma]

Same question also here and count modules QtHelp and QtMultimedia also in.

Raul Metsma

Christian Dähn wrote:
> Robin Helgelin <lobbin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What about Webkit? I was told that as Webkit is LGPL, I'm not able to
>> static link to Webkit even though I have a commercial license of Qt.
>> If this also happens with QtScript, it means that all licenses becomes
>> unusable for us if we still want to use the whole Qt stack.
> 
> Exactly! We as company have the same problems:
> Why to buy a commercial license for a toolkit where it's licenses
> forbid the usage in commercial / closed source applications.
> 
> @QT / NOKIA:
> How to solve the problems with the QtScript + WebKit LGPL licenses
> in commercial applications where static linking is needed -
> or better: where the customer doesn't have a chance or isn't allowed
> to use shared libs?
> 
> I already asked this question before by an eMail to the sales team
> last week - but nobody in a huge company like Nokia has time or is
> willing to answer a commercial customer (like me).
> 
> Best Regards,
> Chris
> 
> 
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