Re: QT vs GTK+ vs others
Re: QT vs GTK+ vs others
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 11:42:00AM -0500, J. Todd Slack wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> >>> QT has a hefty price tag for all 3 platforms for commercial
> >>> development, while GTK+ is free.
> >>
> >> Qt Free Edition
> >> http://www.trolltech.com/download/qt/x11.html
> >>
> >However, according to their license:
> >
> >"The Qt Free Edition is provided under both the Q Public License ("QPL")
> >and
> >the GPL. This specifies that you may freely use the Qt Free Edition for:
> >- Running software developed by others (e.g. KDE)
> >- Development of open source/non-proprietary software"
> >
> >So you can't use it to develop proprietary software, which you're allowed
> >to do
> >with GTK+ (LGPL). It all depends on what your goals are...
>
> Also, it will only run on X1 and I wish to target OS X and Win32 also.
I take it you're talking about Qt rather than Gtk? I know that Gtk
supports Win32 - see www.acedb.org for an example of a Gtk application
which I have personally run on Mac OS X, Windows XP and several flavours
of UNIX.
Tim
--
Dr Tim Cutts
Informatics Systems Group
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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