[Qt-interest] LGPL and static linking

[Paul Miller]

Stefan Josefsson wrote:
> I am planning to develop a commercial closed source application on top 
> of Qt/E and would like to use Qt statically linked to my application as 
> this gives a substantial boost to the startup time and also reduces the 
> RAM usage. The question is whether I am allowed to use the LGPL license 
> of Qt. I have read a number of discussions about LGPL and static linking 
> and some say that it is not allowed (those that know a little bit less?) 
> and some say that it is allowed (those that know a bit more?) as long as 
> you provide the rest of the world with a way to recompile the 
> application with a modified version of the LPGL:d code (Qt in this 
> case). See for instance these links:
> http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=541047
> http://www.ics.com/files/docs/Qt_LGPL.pdf
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1066632
> 
> What is Nokias view of static linking and LGPL?

Buy the commercial license. If you're making commercial software you're 
making money on the Trolls' hard work. Reward them. And it's relatively 
cheap for what you get. It's worth every penny.

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