[Qt-interest] Licensing

[Steven Doerfler]

On 5/29/2010 2:14 PM, Constantin Makshin wrote:
> On Saturday 29 May 2010 19:36:51 Colin S. Miller wrote:
>   
>> ...
>> Assuming that your product is shipped on a CD/DVD,
>> then placing the code on the disc is sufficient.
>>     
> AFAIR, [L]GPL doesn't require distributing the source code along the program/library, they only require that the code can be easily retrieved and the user has related information (how to get the code). And since Qt code is freely available to everyone, Phil can simply put a Qt address (http://qt.nokia.com) somewhere in his program's docs (unless he uses modified version of Qt, of course).
>   

I think if you read the LGPL license, you'll discover that merely
including a URL isn't sufficient to comply.  (It's OK only when you're
distributing your own software online, and even then, you have to
provide your users with the Qt sources from the same place your users
get your program.  You can't just point them to Nokia.  See section 6d.)

Steven