QCad + GPL'ed QT on windows

[Ralf Habacker]

Hi all, 

had just got an answer from ribbonsoft, which indicates that there are no 
problems with a gpl'ed qcad on windows. 


Ralf 

Subject: Re: QCad + GPL'ed QT on windows
Date: Thursday 24 March 2005 22:15
From: Andrew Mustun <info at ribbonsoft.com>
To: Ralf Habacker <ralf.habacker at freenet.de>

Ralf Habacker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_dev_doc_faq.html you wrote
>
> "How can I contribute to the development of QCad if I'm working under
> Windows? Good question.. you can't. Unless you have a developer license of
> Qt for Windows. Please note that Windows should not be the platform of
> choice for QCad development."
>
> Is this limitation caused by the fact that until now no gpl' release of qt
> for windows is available

yes

> or do you have licensed the (gpled) sources in a manner,
> that using a gpl'ed qt on windows is forbidden ?

no

> My question is triggered by the availability of a gpl'ed qt3 on windows
> http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net, which makes it possible to compile qcad
> under windows.
>
> Additional trolltech has announced a gpl'ed qt4 on windows this year
> http://www.trolltech.com/newsroom/announcements/00000192.html

please note the qcad currently won't compile with qt4 and needs to
be ported first

regards
   andrew
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