[Paraview] legal question

[John Biddiscombe]

> I think as long as Dominik supplies the source code he can release it 
> all under the GPL and do his own builds with his own plugins, Qt or not.

> Now, If Dominik can NOT release his source code for his plugins then I 
> believe he must use the commercial Qt license.


No. He does not have to release it under the GPL if he is not 
deriving/writing Qt code (he can do if he wants). plugins which do not 
include Qt specific stuff do not have to be GPL

JB
>
>
> A related distinction is that if you want to commit code to the vtk or 
> paraview repositories that has Qt code in it then you MUST have a 
> commercial Qt license otherwise you can submit a patch to the bug 
> reporter and someone that has a Qt Commercial license can commit your 
> patch to the cvs repository.
>
> As always, I am NOT a lawyer, consult one if you feel you need more 
> clarification. This is not legal advice.. don't hold me liable for 
> anything, blah, blah blah..
>
> Mike
>
> On Nov 5, 2008, at 5:01 AM, John Biddiscombe wrote:
>
>> Dominik
>>>
>>> Question is: do I need a commercial QT license. But I seem to get 
>>> the answer: no, as long as I do not use it myself and only rely on 
>>> PV whose source I reference.
>>
>> I believe this is correct. If you are not writing any Qt related 
>> code, then you are fine.
>>
>> JB
>
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