Re: Compiler business prospects

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Stephen Leake wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> Ludovic Brenta <ludo...@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
>>>> Source:http://www.qtada.com/en/licensing.html
>>>> Providing the OP enjoy Qt (I personally don't, except for platforms where
>>>> it's the native toolkit).
>>>
>>> Yes, but how much is the GMPL license? I suppose the problem is that
>>> QtAda must be based on the commercial version of Qt, because otherwise
>>> you wouldn't be allowed to statically link to the Qt libraries, and of
>>> course I understand when people want a return for their investment.
>>
>> AFAIU, Qt has been licensed under LGPL since 2009.
>
> Qt is _not_ QtAda

Correct but irrelevant.  If you want to program using QtAda, you're
going to have to link your program against both QtAda and the
underlying Qt (and possibly other libraries too), therefore you must
consider how the licenses of both Qt and QtAda (and the other
libraries, if any) affect your program.  Qt is under LGPL at no cost.
QtAda uses the classical dual-licensing scheme: GPL at no cost, GMGPL
at extra cost.

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Ludovic Brenta.