Re: Nokia 770 Opie port?

On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 01:56:50PM +1000, Lorn Potter wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:51 am, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > That, at various points, Trolltech have released software under licenses
> > that allow them to steal your work and not pay you for it. In fact, it's
> > still the only way that QT (not qtopia) can be used with non
> > GPL-compatible applications under Linux unless I pay Trolltech quite a
> > lot of money.
> You are given the choice of using GPL or QPL with Qt. Either one. Your choice. 
> So your argument about Trolltech releasing software that allow us to steal 
> your work is baseless.

Originally, I wasn't given the choice of GPL or QPL, though that did 
change afterwards. But even now, if I'm not developing a GPled 
application (say, I'm developing a CDDL one), I have to choose the QPL. 
So no, I'm not always given the choice of either.

> No one forces you to choose QPL or GPL.

(Except for the GPL, which often forces me to choose the QPL. Hurrah for 
licenses)

> Trolltech's commercial licenses are not a lot of money. If they were too 
> expensive for the market, we would not be growing like we are.
> Qtopia developer sdk is very reasonable - $200. That's expensive?!

For me? Yes.

> > However, based on your argument, the QPL isn't about free software. It's
> > about letting some corporation steal your work and not pay you for it.
> > Is that really Trolltech's opinion? It doesn't seem to match with
> > various statements made back in 1999 or so.
> 
> That wasn't a Trolltech opinion, it was my opinion about non free software and 
> the LGPL. The argument was about Nokia and the LGPL. QPL doesn't matter to me 
> as Qtopia is not released under that license.

The company that you work for releases code under a license that allows 
that company to steal my work and not pay me for it. Do you believe that 
to be wrong? You certainly make it sound like you do. If you don't, why 
are you complaining about Nokia doing it?
-- 
Matthew Garrett | [email protected]
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