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diff --git a/doc/src/legal/opensourceedition.qdoc b/doc/src/legal/opensourceedition.qdoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8610043 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/legal/opensourceedition.qdoc @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +/**************************************************************************** +** +** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). +** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com) +** +** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit. +** +** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$ +** No Commercial Usage +** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed. +** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions +** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying +** this package. +** +** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage +** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser +** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software +** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the +** packaging of this file. Please review the following information to +** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements +** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html. +** +** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain +** additional rights. These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL +** Exception version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this +** package. +** +** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact +** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com. +** +** +** +** +** +** +** +** +** $QT_END_LICENSE$ +** +****************************************************************************/ + +/*! + \page opensourceedition.html + + \title Open Source Versions of Qt + \ingroup licensing + \brief Information about the license and features of the Open Source Edition. + + Free (or open source) software is software that comes with a license + that gives users certain rights. In particular the right to use the + software, to modify it, to obtain its source, and to pass it on (under + the same terms). Notice that the term "free" is about rights, not + money. The Free Software Foundation (creators of the GNU GPL) speaks + of free in this context as in "free speech", not as in "no cost". + + Nokia supports the free software concept by providing the Qt Open Source + Edition, which is licensed under the \l{GNU General Public License (GPL)} + (version 3) and the \l{GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)} (version 2.1). + You can use this edition of Qt to create and distribute software with licenses + that are compatible to these free software licenses. + + The support of open source with the Open Source Versions of Qt has enabled large + successful software projects like KDE to thrive, with thousands of developers + around the world using open source versions of Qt at no cost to themselves. With + the release of Qt 4, open source versions of Qt became available for Unix/X11, + Mac OS X, and Windows platforms. + + The Open Source Edition can be downloaded from the \l{Downloads}{Qt website}. + + Please refer to the online \l{License FAQ} for answers to frequently asked + questions on open source licensing and its implications. + + More information on Free and Open Source software is available online: + + \list + \o GNU GPL: \l http://www.gnu.org/. + \o Open Source licensing: \l http://www.opensource.org/. + \endlist + + See \l{Licensing Information} for a collection of documents about licenses + used in Qt. + + Information about Qt Commercial License Agreements is available + in the \l{Qt Licensing Overview} on the Qt website or by contacting + the sales department at http://qt.nokia.com/contact. + + If you are in doubt what edition of Qt is right for your project, + please contact + \l{mailto:qt-info@nokia.com}{qt-info@nokia.com}. + +*/ |