Trolltech to Extend Dual Licensing to Qt for Windows
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http://www.trolltech.com/newsroom/announcements/00000192.html Trolltech®, a provider of leading application development software, today announced that it will extend its successful dual-licensing business model to include the Qt® cross-platform application development framework for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The availability of Qt for Windows under the open source GNU General Public License (GPL) will bring the benefits of open source software to the Windows environment, fueling the development of open source applications for the mainstream PC market. Qt for Windows is already widely used for commercial software development. "Based on the huge success Trolltech has realized through dual licensing Qt on the Linux and Mac OS X platforms, we are confident that by releasing an open source version of Qt for Windows, Qt will become one of the premier development environments for Windows applications," said Eirik Chambe-Eng, Trolltech president and co-founder. "Trolltech's business is strong, and we are thrilled that we are now in a position to meet the enormous community demand for an open source license option for Qt on Windows." Lorn "ljp" Potter Trolltech Qtopia Community Liaison irc.freenode.net #qtopia, #qt
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http://www.trolltech.com/newsroom/announcements/00000192.html Trolltech®, a provider of leading application development software, today announced that it will extend its successful dual-licensing business model to include the Qt® cross-platform application development framework for the Microsoft Windows operating system. The availability of Qt for Windows under the open source GNU General Public License (GPL) will bring the benefits of open source software to the Windows environment, fueling the development of open source applications for the mainstream PC market. Qt for Windows is already widely used for commercial software development. "Based on the huge success Trolltech has realized through dual licensing Qt on the Linux and Mac OS X platforms, we are confident that by releasing an open source version of Qt for Windows, Qt will become one of the premier development environments for Windows applications," said Eirik Chambe-Eng, Trolltech president and co-founder. "Trolltech's business is strong, and we are thrilled that we are now in a position to meet the enormous community demand for an open source license option for Qt on Windows." Lorn "ljp" Potter Trolltech Qtopia Community Liaison irc.freenode.net #qtopia, #qt
I have read the discussions on /. and agreed with one point: it's a very late move. It would've been great to have this years before, as Qt is a much better designed framework than MFC. But now there's .NET, it's too late... :| However I think I'll use it for pet projects I still write using C++ :)