Re: [boost] [rfc] cppgui

Subject: Re: [boost] [rfc] cppgui
From: Raindog (raindog_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-15 22:58:34

Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Ross Levine<ross.levine_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > I'm curious about licensing issues. I believe Qt is available under the
> > LGPL, however, is the LGPL compatible with the Boost License?
>
> I've been worried about that too. I'm not sure how it is solvable.
> I believe the cppgui can be Boost License even using Qt. Since I only
> distribute the source code. But I'm not sure how it is solved when
> compiled.
>
> > Other than that, I think this is a good idea, provided there's no need for a
> > MOC or something like that. And, Boost has a signals and slots library which
> > can be used already!
>
> The cppgui must be compiled with moc, though that is handled
> automatically by the boost.build.
> But the client code doesn't. And cppgui uses boost.signals library,
> which you can use to connect with your handlers.
> This requires QT 4.x though to work. Because of the QT_NO_KEYWORDS
> define that's needed to compile cppgui.
>
> [snip]
>
>   
Also, from what I can gather, the QT driver is optional.