[news.eclipse.tools] Re: SWT/Fox volunteers wanted

[ivanm@xxxxxxxxx (Ivan Markov)]

Byron Gehman wrote:

> What differences does it make?  The SWT works on Microsoft Windows and I
> dont see Microsoft CPL\'ing their source code.  What I am trying to say is
> that the SWT can be ported to Qt and it shouldnt violate any Trolltech
> licenses (as long as eclipse doesn\'t ship the Qt binaries).

Hey Byron,

IMO first you should read the older SWT/Qt related posts here, then you
probably have to read the GPL pages on the FSF/GNU site and finally you
have to carefully read the CPL license - before issuing brave statements
like the above one.