[Qt-interest] Licensing

Thiago Macieira thiago at kde.org
Wed Jun 2 17:43:39 CEST 2010


Em Quarta-feira 02 Junho 2010, às 15:15:22, Kustaa Nyholm escreveu:
> "Because the LGPL v. 2.1 source code obligations can
> be enforced by any recipient of the application and LGPL-licensed library,
> Nokia's position on this issue is not particularly relevant and is merely
> one opinion among many."
> 
> Yes, I get that Nokias position may not be relevant if there is code
> in Qt that has been contributed to it under LGPL and for which Nokia
> does not have full copyright.
> 
> But how would any 'recipient' of an  application enforce LGPL obligations
> in an attempt to prohibit static linking?

I think that was not the point.

The point was that anyone receiving your application can enforce the LGPL 
obligations on you. So Nokia's opinion is not the only one you have to worry 
about. You have to worry about the opinion of everyone you're giving the 
application to.

In the static linking case, I think the point is that any recipient could ask 
you for the right to relink the application against a newer version of Qt and 
you can't deny them that right. And no, relinking it for them is not an 
option.

-- 
Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
  Senior Product Manager - Nokia, Qt Development Frameworks
      PGP/GPG: 0x6EF45358; fingerprint:
      E067 918B B660 DBD1 105C  966C 33F5 F005 6EF4 5358
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 190 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part.
Url : http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/qt-interest-old/attachments/20100602/3ab69cbd/attachment.bin 


More information about the Qt-interest-old mailing list