Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261454AbTFUHGJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 03:06:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265027AbTFUHGI (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 03:06:08 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:5863 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261454AbTFUHGH (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jun 2003 03:06:07 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Troll Tech [was RE: Sco vs. IBM] In-Reply-To: <20030621062936.GB25944@luebsphoto.com> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.17-20030301 ("Bubbles") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.20-xfs (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:20:08 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1154 Lines: 25 In article <20030621062936.GB25944@luebsphoto.com> you wrote: > Probably surprising to many (based on the proliferation of ignorant remarks > on various mailing lists), Troll Tech's Qt offering is aligned > more closely with the FSF philosophy than GTK/GNOME (remember the L in LGPL > stands for LESSER after all (well the FSF prefers this now, but the > GNOME/GTK folks continue to use the former version of the license > where the L stands for LIBRARY)). this is the mysql/sap db way of making money, btw. You publish libs which are needed to ship with your product under the "free" GPL, and sell a commercial license for all others. This does work good, as long as you do not accept major contributions which are not reassigned to your copyright. Sorry for the OT but I guess the whole thread is :( Greetings Bernd -- eckes privat - http://www.eckes.org/ Project Freefire - http://www.freefire.org/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/