On Saturday 01 November 2003 11:53, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
BTW, bad phrasing from the Trolltech site:
"Software developed with the Qt Free Editions may be freely copied and distributed, put on FTP sites and CD-ROMs, etc. This is entirely different from software developed with Qt Commercial Editions, which is governed by the laws protecting intellectual property."
The part "... gorverned by the laws protecting intellectual property." clearly shows the kind of confusion that people have about IP and the GPL. The FSF has reiterated time and again that the GPL does _not_ go against or out of IP laws, but instead stays within the framework, and uses copyright to ensure freedom of the software.
Is Trolltech actually trying to say that software that can be "freely copied and distributed, put on FTP sites and CD-ROMs, etc." is not governed by the laws protecting intellectual property?
How about sending this to mail to Trolltech?
rgds jtdsouza@softhome.net