[PyQt] Re: Licensing for PyQt?

Thorsten Kampe thorsten at thorstenkampe.de
Fri Jan 16 19:00:54 GMT 2009


* Phil Thompson (Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:03:50 +0000)
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:37:47 +0000 (UTC), David F <daelfin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > After the announcement that Qt 4.5 will be released as LGPL,
> > has it been decided if PyQt will do the same? I have seen
> > some speculation but no actual announcement.
> > 
> > I certainly wish it would -- given the quality of PyQt and
> > the (in my experience) excellent community and support, it
> > would be sure to become the de facto standard Python GUI
> > toolkit.
> 
> I heard of the license change at the same time as everybody else, so I hope
> you'll allow me some time to think through the implications.

The only obvious implication at the moment is that the demand for Python 
bindings for Qt will increase.

Thorsten



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