[Paraview] legal question

Michael Jackson mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
Wed Nov 5 09:33:09 EST 2008


Yes. I _meant_ Qt based plugins but the fingers forgot to type that  
part. I believe you are correct.

On Nov 5, 2008, at 8:20 AM, John Biddiscombe wrote:

>>
>> 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

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio





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