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    Default Re: confused about licenses ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Lykurg View Post
    Fist of all, I am not a lawyer, but that is the common understanding of the license. Remember, you are not allowed to link your program statically under LGPL!
    OK... this might be dumb .... but what exactly is a static Link?

    Oh and thanks for the quick responses

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    Static linking an application means, that you don't have to ship the qt*dll with your app. They are included in the *.exe (to talk in "windows").

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    OH!
    So that means i cant use the LGPL... since without those the Programm wont run....
    Or am I wrong?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ericV View Post
    OH!
    So that means i cant use the LGPL... since without those the Programm wont run....
    Or am I wrong?
    Of course you can, with dynamic linking (which is the default). Read Deploying an Application on Windows.

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    Ok Thankyou very much for the Info...

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