Re: GnuCash: GPL vs. Qt
Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> writes:
> > Some say that the GPL is not compatible with Qt.
> >
> > Here is the hypothetical situation:
>
> What you laid out is "a" hypothetical situation, not "the" hypothetical
> situation.
>
> And, the basic problem with combining "pure GPL" and Qt is that there's
> not just one person involved.
>
> For example, another situation (unfortunately not so hypothetical) is
> where the logic "it's ok to distribute GPLed code linked against Qt"
> has resulted in code being used with Qt which was originally written by
> authors who rather obviously never licensed their code for Qt.
Hypothetical situation number 2:
a) Gimp developer writes some GPL'd code.
b) KDE developer uses GPL'd code in app that needs to be compiled with
Qt.
c) Debian compiles that app, and distributes it.
d) Gimp developer sues Debian for distributing app.
This is probably less likely than the original situation I suggested.
Again, it would get laughed out of court.
Why would the Gimp developer sue us? Shouldn't he go after the KDE
guy?
Software isn't really "free" if the guy who wrote it likes to sue
people who use it.
> > I'm going to write an application myself that has both a Gtk and Qt
> > front-end. I am doing this because I want to build bridges over to the
> > KDE community, not burn them. I guess this means I shouldn't use the
> > GPL (or I will get attacked for doing so). I might end up LGPL'ing
> > everything.
>
> The LGPL is certainly one solution. GPL & Artistic license is another.
> GPL and a small clause that says it's ok to distribute with Qt is
> another. And nothing restricts you to these choices (unless you're
> using someone else's code: they you're restricted to whatever they're
> willing to put down as the license).
I think I'll just use GPL.
If Debian wants to use a stupid interpretation of the GPL, then Debian
can do that, and I'll distribute the Qt binary package myself.
Maybe Debian should just get of the contrib/non-free business entirely.
Cheers,
- Jim
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