[prog] APIs for dummies?

Hamster hamster at hamsternet.org
Thu Sep 18 10:47:23 EST 2003


Heya,

> For linux, there are two major graphical API's you can choose from. The
> first of which is GTK (whose flagship application is GIMP), and the second
> is Qt. GTK is free regardless of what you want to use it for, but you'll
> have to shell out a license fee to trolltech if you want to use Qt for
> non-personal applications.

According to my limited understanding of QT licences, the above statement is
not quite true.

>From reading http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/freelicense.html you can
use QT for free provided you release your code under the GPL.

Hamster



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