[PyQt] licensing

[Phil Thompson]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:35:40 +0200, "KONTRA, Gergely"
<pihentagy at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Maybe a bit offtopic and theoretical question:
> 
> Suppose I'd like to write an app in python and Qt. I evaluate the
> possibilities, and see, that pyqt is more stable now, so I decide to
> begin coding with it (with the free version). When I make this
> decision, I already think to wait for a more complete/stable PySide
> binding and distribute my code which uses PySide (with a less
> restrictive license). Or I first release it with PyQt, but later on I
> find PySide, which has a less restrictive license.
> Is any of the above cases the violation of the License Terms? So is it
> legal? Is it fair?
> 
> And consider another case: I begin to write my app with Pyside, and
> later release a version with pyqt at some point. Can I later release a
> newer PySide based version with license compatible with PySide (which
> is not compatible with pyqt's license)?
> 
> Yet another case: I do a prototype with PyQt, and than hand-convert it
> to Qt/C++.

You haven't said what license you want to use for your code. If you use
the GPL version of PyQt then your license must be compatible with the GPL.

Phil