Re:Why Open Source for Linux Only? (Score 1)

I am a user at work. At home I develop my own
little programs/tools which could sometimes be useful at work [hence my interest in kdevelop and anjuta]. But Qt is useful only if I'm willing to GPL. The Qt license is probably worst for small time homebrew projects. It works well for opensource projects and it is reasonably priced for large commercial endeavors. But the price is too prohibitive for small time projects that do not aim for the open source market.

I don't hold the view that all software should be GPLed or that it is possible to find alternate sources of revenue (sustenance) for all software. This belief of mine is not one that based in heresy. The LGPL probably would not exist if it did not try to accomodate some of the sentiments I hold.

Also, as a user of open souce, I depend on developers. Many developers have been known to shy away from Qt because of its licensing. Hence it affects my choices and I wish the license would be different.

My usage of opensource may appear as self serving. I'll defend myself by stating that I've contributed to it in the past. I mostly see opensource to be extremely useful in areas of software that are common to many users. For smaller projects, it should be able to co-exist with commercial apps.