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Month: November 2011

[qt3] Qt3 licenses and configure

From: Laurent Dard <f.couperin@...>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:22:47 +0100
I think that in Qt, the irritating question about licenses, that appears when
executing 'configure', must be removed. So I suggest to change it.

I saw that other things should be modified as well: README* INSTALL FAQ...
And a lot of references to trolltech should be converted into references to
Trinity: qt-bugs@... --> http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/ etc.

I need a clarification about licenses.
According to /usr/share/doc/libqt3-mt/copyright (Trinity version):
"Qt 3.3 is triple licensed under the QPL, GPL 2 and GPL 3."
But Trinity web site says:
"any Qt3 version released by this project is licensed under the GPL only"
http://www.trinitydesktop.org/wiki/bin/view/Documentation/Releases_3_5_13
Does it means there is a bug with 'THE Q PUBLIC LICENSE' which should be
removed?

And about modules, may the lines (225-227)
    MODULES="styles tools kernel widgets dialogs iconview workspace inputmethod"
    [ "$PLATFORM_QWS" = "yes" ] && [ "$Products" = "qt-professional" ] && MODULES="$MODULES network"
    [ "$Products" != "qt-professional" ] && MODULES="$MODULES network canvas table xml opengl sql"
be replaced by
    MODULES="styles tools kernel widgets dialogs iconview workspace \
    inputmethod network canvas table xml opengl sql"
without breaking things?

A third question: will Trinity Qt support Mac and QWS?

I reported a bug:
http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=628
with a patch for the 'configure' file, to be reviewed:
http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/attachment.cgi?id=128
   * Free edition GPL 2 & 3 only (no QPL)
   * Interactive part about licenses removed
   * Defined modules: "styles tools kernel widgets dialogs iconview workspace
     inputmethod network canvas table xml opengl sql"

-- 
Laurent Dard