PyQT Licensing and plugins/scripting

[Kevin Walzer]

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PyQt on OS X is also available under a GPL version. I have a binary
installer available at http://www.wordtech-software.com/pyqt-mac.html



Fabio wrote:

| Hi all,
| I'm about to write an application, and I'd like to use PyQt, but before
| choosing this toolkit I would like to clarify some particular licensing
| issues; if some user has already touched these, I would like to hear from
| his experiences.
|
| This app should be cross-platform, so, given qt licensing policies, I
would
| buy a commercial PyQt license and a commercial Qt license.
|
| Could I license the application under the GPL for Gnu/Linux and under a
| commercial license for Windows and Mac OS X? If this is possible, I guess
| that contributions to the GPLed version could not be incorporated in the
| commercial version, but this would not be a big problem.
|
| The main issue with licensing is that I would like to give users of the
| application a scripting framework (for macros and the like), and
eventually
| a plugin framework; PyQT redistribution policy states that if an user can
| get in touch with PyQT directly it should have a commercial license
itself;
| how does this apply to those who want to develop commercial PyQT
| applications with a plugin/scripting framework?
|
| Thanks,
| Fabio

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