Yes, Qt is not free on Windows and this is certainly a big issue. I made the
decision to use Qt regardless because I am now only using Linux and have
made the personal decision to get away from the MS tax (which has no end in
sight). Having said that I am not against using Windows, it's just that it
is not a factor for me when I decide which toolkit to use.
I also am very familiar with Qt and I think it is very powerful. I am also
hoping it and/or Linux is 'the future' TM :-)
Until Kayali gets more mature it will be changing too rapidly for me to
accept patches but later on I will certainly welcome patches or full
participation if you can put the non-Windows issue to one side. There is
also the possibility of porting Kayali to Gtk but I favour
C++/object-oriented languages and do not like the current C-based Gtk API
(even though it's easy with Python, I think the writing is on the wall for
Gtk as it stands. Even the gnome people say they have to switch to something
easier).
Abdulhaq
On Wednesday 13 October 2004 14:37, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> Kayali looks very interesting! And I'd love to be able to work on and
> improve a Maxima GUI built in Python (though Lisp would be better...).
>
> Unless I'm mistaken, though, Qt and PyQt are only available for
> Windows under a commercial license (with some sort of exception for
> academic use). Maxima has always been fully free (in both senses) on
> all platforms, and I think it's important to preserve that.
>
> -s
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