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GUI Licencing issues

Hi there,

I'm doing a survey of Linux embedded GUI Systems for a customer.

Looks like there are (at least) 4 GUI Options:

  • Fully fledged X-Window System (possibly using tiny-X)
  • Microwindows/Nano-X System probably using FLTK
  • Qtopia/QPE
  • MiniGUI

My question is about royalties now.

Microwindows/Nano-X is MPL, X-Window System is BSD-like, MiniGUI is GPL and Qtopia/QPE has a commercial Licence.

The customer should be able to generate proprietary GUI Interfaces without Licence violations.

So which Royalty-free Options does this give?

Sven

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To clarify 2 things in your post:

1) Qtopia/QPE is dual-licensed from Trolltech. A GPL version (which requires you GPL your code written against it, but no royalties) and the commercial/closed-source version.

2) Last time I checked, the commercial version of QPE is available as a one-time fee with no per-unit royalties. However, I believe it is rather pricey.

FWIW,

-Shawn

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you can visit

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Rgds, Robert Kao

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