From 12dd16ce1990e8a6046172c13ad089b35f7d048f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Topi Reinio Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:58:39 +0100 Subject: Doc: Update Qt licensing overview Remove mentions of obsolete commercial licensing schemes, remove a link to download page (which no longer contains license-specific information), link to qt.io for sales contact details, and edit the formatting. Change-Id: I1bab8e2151c67ddca4c18690a3df104924362097 Reviewed-by: Venugopal Shivashankar --- doc/src/legal/licenses.qdoc | 55 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/legal/licenses.qdoc b/doc/src/legal/licenses.qdoc index 788da704..589b98c7 100644 --- a/doc/src/legal/licenses.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/legal/licenses.qdoc @@ -31,51 +31,42 @@ \brief Information about licenses and licensing issues. Qt is available under different licensing options designed to accommodate - the needs of our various users. + the needs of our various users: \list - \li Enterprise, Professional, and Indie Mobile licenses. - \li Community license (GPL or LGPL versions 3 and 2.1). + \li Qt licensed under \e commercial licenses are appropriate for + development of proprietary/commercial software where you do not want + to share any source code with third parties or otherwise cannot + comply with the terms of the GNU LGPL version 3 or the GNU LGPL + version 2.1. + + \li Qt licensed under the \l{GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)} + version 3 is appropriate for the development of Qt applications + provided you can comply with the terms and conditions of the GNU LGPL + version 3 (or GNU GPL version 3). + + \li Qt licensed under the \l{GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)} + version 2.1 is appropriate for the development of Qt applications + provided you can comply with the terms and conditions of the GNU LGPL + version 2.1. \endlist \note Some specific parts (modules) of the Qt framework are not available under the GNU LGPL version 2.1. See \l {Licenses Used in Qt} for details. - Qt licensed under Enterprise, Professional and Indie Mobile licenses are - appropriate for development - of proprietary/commercial software where you do not want to share any source code - with third parties or otherwise cannot comply with the terms of the GNU LGPL - version 3 or the GNU LGPL version 2.1. + \e {Qt documentation} is licensed under the terms of the \l{GNU Free + Documentation License (FDL)} version 1.3, as published by the Free Software + Foundation. Alternatively, you may use the documentation in accordance with + the terms contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. - Qt licensed under the \l{GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)} version 3 - is appropriate for the development of Qt applications provided you can comply - with the terms and conditions of the GNU LGPL version 3 (or GNU GPL version 3). - - Qt licensed under the \l{GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)} version 2.1 - is appropriate for the development of Qt applications provided you can comply - with the terms and conditions of the GNU LGPL version 2.1. - - Qt documentation is licensed under the terms of the \l{GNU Free Documentation - License (FDL)} version 1.3, as published by the Free Software Foundation. - Alternatively, you may use the documentation in accordance with the terms - contained in a written agreement between you and The Qt Company. - - See \l{http://qt.io/licensing/} for an overview of Qt licensing, and - \l{http://www.qt.io/download/} for details on what is included in each license - type. + See \l{http://qt.io/licensing/} for an overview of Qt licensing. \section1 Purchasing and Sales Information To purchase a Qt license, visit \l{http://www.qt.io/download/}. - For further information and assistance about Qt licensing, - please contact our sales via one of the following channels: - - \table - \row \li Web: \li \l{http://www.qt.io/contact-us/} - \row \li Phone, U.S. office (for sales in North America): \li \b{+1 408 433 9320} - \row \li Phone, Norway office (for sales in the rest of the world): \li \b{+47 2108 0420} - \endtable + For further information and assistance about Qt licensing, contact our + sales; see \l{http://www.qt.io/locations/} for contact details. \section1 Licenses Used in Qt -- cgit v1.2.1