18949 – Qt license is QPL *or* GPL

Bug 18949 - Qt license is QPL *or* GPL

Summary: Qt license is QPL *or* GPL

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team

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Reported:	2003-04-07 23:28 UTC by Luke-Jr
Modified:	2003-06-22 12:59 UTC (History)
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Description Luke-Jr 2003-04-07 23:28:17 UTC

The Qt ebuilds currently have the license variable set to simply "QPL". Qt is,
however, licensed under either the QPL or the GPL so this should probably be
changed to "QPL | GPL"

Comment 1 Caleb Tennis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-05-09 16:03:16 UTC

I've been thinking about this, and I'm thinking that it may make more sense to make this 
licensed under the GPL. 
 
The QPL applies only to the commercial version, which is a separate package and download. 
 
Anyone have comments on this?

Comment 2 Luke-Jr 2003-05-09 21:26:04 UTC

The version distributed is licensed under either license, at the choice of the user. The QPL is 
what programs like VMWare Workstation use so that they don't have to GPL their code.

Comment 3 Caleb Tennis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-13 13:51:59 UTC

You're right! 
 
Fixed in portage.  Thanks for the report.

Comment 4 Caleb Tennis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-06-22 12:59:42 UTC

whoops - should have been closed as fixed.