[Gllug] GPL & Licence Fees

[Rich Walker]

"Peter Childs" <peterachilds at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hense by buying a commercial licence for Qt you are buying the right to
> break the GPL which in theory you could be taken to court for so the Qt
> commercial licence is not a licence at all but an emunity from prosecution.

Qt was written by a company and put under more than one license. The
version you get when you pay for it is, I understand, under a non-GPL
license, which they can do because they own the rights. Hence, your
commercial use is not covered by the GPL, because you acquired a
different license.



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