[Qt-interest] Legal question: Qt IOS static linking
Nicola Brisotto
nicolabrisotto at gmail.com
Fri Sep 2 18:53:47 CEST 2011
Hi,
I would like to use Qt on Android and IOS at least for my applications
business logic and basic networking.
To submit an application to the App Store I need to statically link Qt LGPL.
My main concerns are:
1) Will the app be approved by Apple?
2) Is it legal to statically link Qt?
To answer the first question I can package an app and send it to the
store. But to answer the second I need your help, I'm not I lawyer.
Reading the qt-interest mailing list I’ve found this Thiago Macieira’s
reply http://lists.qt.nokia.com/pipermail/qt-interest/2011-August/035172.html
:
“You can statically link using the LGPL. But you must provide a way for the Qt
in your application to be replaced. The easiest way to do that is to use
dynamic linking, but you can always provide the .o for your application and a
Makefile.”
I suppose this means that there no legal problem to statically link an
app with qt and publish on the apple store if I provide the .o,
Makefile, etc. Is it right?
PS: Does it any difference use a Qt commercial licence?
Nicola
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