Re: [Gnumed-devel] Move to Qt (was: Conference)

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 09:06 am, address@hidden wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I have just joined this list.
> I am a lawyer in Sydney running an IT practice.
> I am interested in open source generally, and in health in particular.
>
> This thread looked like something I might be able to help in relation to,
> but I don't have its history.
>
> Could someone fill me in on the reason why people a dual licence is being
> considered for GNUmed and what the perceived gap is between the GPL and the
> requirements of the "other" licence?
>
> Cheers
>
> Brendan
>

At the obvious risk of getting much of this wrong.
Gnumed wishes to be part of the Free Software Movement and to be untainted 
with 'other' code.
There was an option discussed for a different system for producing the 
Graphical User Interface. This system, Qt, seemed to have specific benefits 
for design, especially on windowsOS. The licence for Qt code produced for 
windowsOS would have required the licencing complexity.
The original threads are archived somewhere - I'm sure someone will point you 
to the beginning of the thread.
Liz