[bt-devel] [Fwd: BorCon, Qt license]

[Joachim Ansorg]

Hi!

Thank you Troy!
This is good information!


We would have to pay $682.5 for each developer, but we need only one license.
I hope we can get the $680 by bounties of users. Maybe we can find a sponsor?

	-We need $680 to buy the license
	-> Ask users for bounties
I think we should make more PR, maybe on Slashdot if we really decided to do 
the Windows port.
This would give use more users who can give some money :)

I think we have ~250 regular users, if everybody gives only two dollars we 
have the license fee.

I don't have the money because I'm a poor student :)

Does everybody agree to these points?
Does somebody have new or other ideas?
--Joachim

> > Here's the transcript of my talks with Qt recently.  You'll have to
> start at the bottom and read up if you want the entire history...
>
> 	-Troy.

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> Hi Troy,
>
> By purchasing a license of the Windows product you can do exactly the same
> as with the Linux product, except as mentioned in my last mail, give the Qt
> source code away. We do not charge any royalties or volume-dependant fees
> so this would be a one-time thing in terms of the cost.
>
> Please note that Qt is sold including 12 months of support and free
> upgrades. Should you not wish to renew the support and upgrades
> subscription you are still free to use Qt for as long as you wish, but will
> not be eligible to receive support and upgrades.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> John
>
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>
> > John,
> > 	Thank you for your prompt reply.  I have looked over your pricing
> > scheme.  Maybe you could help answer my eventual question:
> >
> > My team writes opensource software using your framework and gives this
> > software away for free-- on linux.
> > What do we have to purchase to give this same software away for free on
> > Windows?  Is there a reoccurant fee or is this a one time thing?
> >
> >
> > Thank you again.  I appreciate your assistance and your tools.
> >
> > 	-Troy.
> >
> > sales@trolltech.com wrote:
> > > Dear Mr. Griffitts,
> > >
> > > Thank you for using Qt!
> > >
> > > We do have pricing on Qt for educational and non-profit research
> > > purposes,
>
> and
>
> > > what we offer is 65% discount on prices as shown on
> > >
> > > http://www.trolltech.com/products/purchase/pricing.html.
> > >
> > > The commercial license is applied to these products, however, which
> > > means
>
> that
>
> > > the Windows version of Qt is not GPL'ed and thus not distributable in
> > > the
>
> same
>
> > > way as the Free Edition. I don't know if this is what you were looking
> > > for,
>
> but
>
> > > we certainly have no problem with offering you pricing as per above.
> > >
> > > Please don't hesitate to contact us for further information or
> > > assistance!
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------
> > > John Aspholm, Sales director
> > > Trolltech AS
> > > Waldemar Thranesgt. 98B
> > > N-0175 Oslo, Norway
> > > http://www.trolltech.com
> > >
> > > Phone           +47 2160 4800
> > > Phone, direct   +47 2160 4827
> > > Mobile          +47 920 43220
> > > Fax             +47 2160 4801
> > > E-mail          jas@trolltech.com
> > >                 sales@trolltech.com
> > > -----------------------------------
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >       I met with some of your representatives at Borland's
> > > > developers' conference a few months back.  I showed them how we used
> > > > your Qt framework on linux for our opensource software and explained
> > > > that we were a non-profit, educational organization.  The gentleman
> > > > said that you may have a free, or possibly discounted, license that
> > > > we might obtain if we wished to distribute our application on
> > > > Microsoft Windows. I appreciated his generousity and support and
> > > > would like to further inquire about such a license.
> > > >
> > > > You can review our work-- The SWORD Project-- at:
> > > >       http://www.crosswire.org
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >       Thank you again for your support,
> > > >               -Troy.