Bug 237702 - qt4: x11 opensource edition seems GPL-only.
Summary: qt4: x11 opensource edition seems GPL-only.
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: qt4
Version: 6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Rex Dieter
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-04-24 20:41 UTC by Laurent Rineau
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-04-25 15:09:28 UTC
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Description Laurent Rineau 2007-04-24 20:41:03 UTC
Description of problem:
The License tag of the qt4 package should perhaps be changed to "GPL", instead 
of GPL/QPL. The header of all source files of Qt 4 only mention LICENSE.GPL, 
even if LICENSE.QPL is shipped in the tarball.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): All

Comment 1 Rex Dieter 2007-04-25 15:01:21 UTC
OK, talked it over with spot, and he agreed that this is/should-be gpl-only.

Comment 2 Rex Dieter 2007-04-25 15:05:01 UTC
fwiw, not something worth respinning for immediately, but I'll make sure to
include this change in the next/future build.

Comment 3 Rex Dieter 2007-04-25 15:09:28 UTC
%changelog
* Thu Mar 29 2007 Rex Dieter <rdieter[AT]fedoraproject.org> 4.2.3-8
- License: GPL, dropping QPL (#237702)


Comment 4 Laurent Rineau 2007-04-25 15:14:24 UTC
Actually, Trolltech policy is confusing. A friend of mine spotted out that web 
page:
  http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/licenses/licensing/opensource
which says: "For historical reasons, the Qt/X11 version is also available 
under the QPL license. We do not recommend the use of the QPL, especially if 
you are planning for your Open Source software to be distributed on Mac OS X 
or Windows."

Should we ask Trolltech (first, then maybe Fedora Legal) for explanations?

Comment 5 Rex Dieter 2007-04-25 15:33:41 UTC
jwb, spot's take (in irc) was pretty clear:

[10:30] <rdieter> jwb, spot: now I'm confused:
http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/licenses/licensing/opensource
[10:31] <rdieter> jwb, spot: "For historical reasons, the Qt/X11 version is also
available under the QPL license"
[10:31] <spot> Yeah, but we don't care. Its GPL only for what we care about.
[10:31] <rdieter> worksforme.
[10:31] <jwb> rdieter, still no issues.  GPL only is what you want.  they even
say not to use QPL
[10:32] <spot> it basically says "you can use it under QPL if you want."
[10:32] <spot> we don't want. :)
[10:32] <jwb> "you can use it under QPL if you want.  But if you do, you suck"


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