[Qt-interest] Qt 4.5 Open Source (Windows) -- is it legal to redistribute the Qt DLLs?

[Thiago Macieira]

Kermit Mei wrote:
>On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 16:35 -0300, Wagner Sales wrote:
>> No. A basic rule for GPL/LGPL are the output of the GPL/LGPL program
>> don't needs to be open. For example, if you compile with gcc, your
>> program don't need be under the same license. This rule aplies for


>If I use the GPL program's libs, must I distribute my program under GPL?
>For example, I use gcc compile a program on Linux, and use the
>libpthread.so which is protected by GPLv2. Then, Am I forced to put my
>source under GPLv2? I feel some conflict when non-open source run on
>Linux ...

Please re-read what Wagner said. I have left the important part above.

You'd be correct in your assessment too if libpthread were under the 
GPLv2. It's not.

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) nokia.com
  Senior Product Manager - Nokia, Qt Software
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