Re: [linux-audio-dev] OT: Licensing conflict

From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd-lad@email-addr-hidden-nerd.com>
Date: Sat Aug 20 2005 - 00:38:34 EEST

Christoph Eckert wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I just started to learn some C++. Currently I'm working on some Qt MIDI
> tools.
>
> I've found some code which makes life for me much easier. The code is
> licensed under a MIT license and can be found here:
>
> http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~gary/rtmidi/index.html#license
>
>
> The free Qt version I use is under GPL.
>
> I wonder if I'm allowed to distribute a Qt application as a GPL
> application even if I include the classes mentioned above, or if I need
> to implement my MIDI connectivity by myself.

According to the FSF, the MIT License (also known as the X11 license)
is GPL compatible. See:

    http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses

Erik

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