[TxMt] Re: Do I have to pay for the final TM 2 license key?

[Chris Knight]

Take a look at the license agreements for the Qt cross-platform  programming library.  To use it commercially you must by licensing from Digia (formerly Nokia and before that Trolltech) and non-commecial use can use what is provided by the Qt-Project.  

Qt is used by literally hundreds of applications including some pretty big ones such as KDE.  Having to pay for a commercial license on open-source software is not new.   

Here is a question for you.  Why should anyone write software and give it away for you to use for free? 


On Jul 18, 2013, at 12:03 PM, kafi wrote:

> Just because Im using an open source software does not mean I need to pay for
> it. I have been using Open Office for personal projects for the last couple
> of years without paying anything.
> 
> Android, CHROME, Eclipse, GIMP, TrueCrypt, Open Office, LWJGL, and hundreds
> of other popular open source projects are simply FREE. 
> 
> Maybe you are implying that you are putting more works in TM than these
> other projects?!!
> 
> Here is the question for you, give me one example of a popular open source
> software, where I need to purchase license key for non-commercial personal
> use.
> 
> 
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