[Qt-interest] LGPL and static linking

[Christian Dähn]

Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > 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?
> 
> Then don't use QtScript and Webkit. Its not possible to change the license
> of Webkit, unless you talk all Webkit-developers into changing their minds
> about the license. So there's nothing that Nokia can do there. For
> QtScript: the old QtScript implementation is still available as a Qt
> solution under the old license.

Thanks for your answer. It would be great, if I wouldn't have the
problems of using static binaries and if the performance optimizations
of the new QtScript module weren't needed.

Summing up the Qt toolkit was changed in a way where longterm 
commercial customers get problems with open source licenses and 
nobody took care of that.

Such was completely incredible in the past - where Qt was developed
by Trolltech - not by Nokia.

ciao,
Chris