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Qt Released For OS X

Posted by timothy on from the merging-venn-diagrams dept.

AxsDeny writes: "It looks like Macslash is also reporting this, but Trolltech is now offering Qt for OS X. Long live cross platform development." Doesn't look like there's a Free version, but there is a non-commerical license called the "Qt Academic License," which "Allows schools and universities to acquire and use Qt for free in relevant courses."

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  1. This is good news. by Anton+Anatopopov · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Only purist 'license zealots' will worry about the terms of the license. This is great because it means a whole load of great apps can now be ported to run native on Macs.

    MacOS X really is the best of all worlds. You have the stability reliability and scalability of Unix/Mach with the familiar ease-of-use of the mac. Too bad the clunky old PC still seems to rule the roost with the general public :-(

  2. QUICKTIME FOR OSX ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    QT == Quicktime !

    seems a bit stupid to call your project the same name esecially as its on a Mac too

    confusion reigns

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    1. Re:QUICKTIME FOR OSX ? by vsync64 · · Score: 1, Insightful
      QT == Quicktime !

      seems a bit stupid to call your project the same name esecially as its on a Mac too

      It's not the same name. QT == QuickTime. Qt == TrollTech's widget set.

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  3. Yes, but you're breaking the law by yerricde · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is great because it means a whole load of great apps can now be ported to run native on Macs.

    Technically yes, but legally no. Many common apps that use Qt are under the GNU GPL and may not be linked with non-free libraries nor compiled with non-free headers.

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  4. Hey! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I may be a troll, but I am not making this stuff up !!!! Any problem you have with this is a problem with reality, son.

    Once again Rob, thanks for making your posters look like socially-stunted Lego fetishistic idiots! But then again, coming up with an anecdote portraying /.-er's as occasionally empathic and caring contrary to the "Nerd" stereotype would be trite.

    Damn glad I've slipped over to the troll side, and consequently, nothing I say can be taken at face value. If I was a legitimate poster who actually cared about /., an assinine soundbite liek that would cut deep!

  5. academic licenses by mj6798 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    but there is a non-commerical license called the "Qt Academic License,"

    Reminds me of "Hey, the first one is on me, buddy." Seriously, working in the commercial world, these academic licenses are really tiring: companies get students hooked on some piece of software in the hope that they will then enter the workforce and demand that their employers buy their overpriced commercial software, even when good open source alternatives are available. I hope more and more employers will refuse to fall into this trap: someone who has experience with a costly commercial package where a free alternative is available simply lacks the relevant experience for the job and needs to be retrained.

    Matlab is a huge offender in the engineering world (almost free for students, thousands of dollars in the real world). Qt doesn't seem much different.

    My message to universities (as well as open source developers): if you want a cross-platform C++ toolkit, use wxWindows or FLTK; they are good enough. And if you think it needs improvements, make those improvements student projects and contribute them.