Qt and the MIT license
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Hi, everybody.
I'm developing some libraries extending Qt (such a framework in a framework), and wish to distribute it under the MIT license. So the question is: does the LGPL license under which Qt is distributed allow this? I would like to use the MIT license because it's much less complicated than GPL or LGPL. -
If your extensions are dynamically linked (aka external dynamic library) LGPL allows you to use any license you want.
As for the license choice, be sure it is what you want:
- your clients will have to deal with Qt's LGPL anyhow, so it wouldn't stop them to use your library (unless they use commercial version)
- MIT license would allow anyone to take your code, and close it - making non-free software of your code.
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Thanks for your post.
Yes, the libraries are dinamically linked.
And again yes, you are right, than's exactly what I want - allow everybody to use my code as they wish without any limitations.