Hello,

On 11/14/2004 01:10 AM, Gyger Jean-Luc wrote:
> First, I am completely agree with you concerning the licence problem.
>
> But for me, the goal is not necessary to obtain an extension used by
> everybody. If I want to develop this extension is more fore my pleasure and
> for my proper using. After, if people like it, use it and help me, ok it is
> cool.

Right, but my point is that if you develop an extension that is
interesting to more people, chances are that you get more help to solve
the problems like the one you presented.


> I do not develop too much on Window for my pleasure and I thing that to have
> a binding php-qt on linux could be very interesting. I am sure that a lot
> of people could be interested to see this extension and why not to use it
> on linux. On Linux only, why not, that not a problem for me. I thing that
> the php community is very open for new porject and is a very big community.
> And if somebody are very interested to develop GUI on windows and do not
> want to pay something, ok, he can take GTK-PHP.
>
> To resume, the first goal for me, is to have this one on Linux for free and
> to have pleasure in this project.

I suspect that you are making a confusion of Linux and GPL. If you want
to distribute a closed source application using your extension that
links to Qt library under Linux, you still have to buy the Qt commercial
license. Everybody that uses your extension under Linux to distribute
the closed source applications has to pay its own QT commercial license.

This means that if you develop and distribute an application with your
extension, either you open the source of your application (not just the
extension) with GPL license or you have to pay for a Qt commercial license.

GPL software is not free as in free beer.


> We have discuss a lot concerning the licence problem, but do you have a
> response for my question :-).

Sorry, no. I was just suggesting that you use a different toolkit with
non-GPL license so you could improve your chances of getting more help.
In that case you could have your project accepted in PECL and it would
boost your extension exposure in the PHP community and eventually get
the you need.

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Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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