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\page faq.html
-\title The Qt FAQ
+\title The TQt FAQ
See also the \link commonproblems.html Technical FAQ\endlink.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ See also the \link commonproblems.html Technical FAQ\endlink.
Qt is a multiplatform C++ GUI toolkit. It
provides application developers with all the functionality
needed to build applications with state-of-the-art graphical
-user interfaces. Qt is fully object-oriented, easily
+user interfaces. TQt is fully object-oriented, easily
extensible, and allows true component programming.
Qt is supported on the following platforms:
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ More details can be found at \link troll.html Trolltech\endlink.
<hr width="30%">
\section2 How can I evaluate Qt?
-We offer 30 day evaluation versions of Qt on all our supported platforms.
+We offer 30 day evaluation versions of TQt on all our supported platforms.
Further details can be found here: \l http://www.trolltech.com/evaluate.html.
<hr width="30%">
-\section2 What does Qt cost?
+\section2 What does TQt cost?
This depends on your number of developers, on how many
-different platforms you target, and on the edition of Qt you
+different platforms you target, and on the edition of TQt you
choose. Currently we offer two different editions (Enterprise
Edition and Professional Edition) on four different
platforms (Microsoft Window, Unix/X11, Macintosh and Linux/embedded).
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Phone, Norway office (for others): <strong>+47&nbsp;2160&nbsp;4800</strong>
Trolltech offers email support to commercial licensees. The first year
of Trolltech's Support and Maintenance Service is included with the
-purchase of Qt Professional and Qt Enterprise Edition licenses.
+purchase of TQt Professional and TQt Enterprise Edition licenses.
Licenses can be kept up-to-date and fully supported by buying
the Support and Maintenance Service for the licenses held in each
subsequent year.
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ For further information see here:
<hr width="30%">
\section2 Who provides training for Qt?
-A number of companies provide Qt training, in Asia, Europe and the US.
+A number of companies provide TQt training, in Asia, Europe and the US.
Trolltech has agreements with a number of official training
partners, who offer Trolltech approved courses. In addition
there are a number of independently developed courses run by third
@@ -115,24 +115,24 @@ courses here: \l http://www.trolltech.com/training/.
<hr width="30%">
\section2 Who provides consultancy for Qt?
-A number of companies provide consultancy services for Qt and
+A number of companies provide consultancy services for TQt and
Qtopia. You can find a partial list here:
\l http://www.trolltech.com/company/servicepartners.html.
<hr width="30%">
-\section2 Are there any books about Qt programming?
+\section2 Are there any books about TQt programming?
Yes, there are quite a few books on Qt, most of them
available from amazon.com. You can find a partial list at
\l http://www.trolltech.com/developer/books.html.
-The official Qt book is
-<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131240722/trolltech/">C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3</a>.
+The official TQt book is
+<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131240722/trolltech/">C++ GUI Programming with TQt 3</a>.
<hr width="30%">
\section2 What is the Open Source Edition?
-The Qt Open Source Edition is our non-commercial versions of
+The TQt Open Source Edition is our non-commercial versions of
Qt. You can use this edition to create and run free
software, i.e. software that is licensed under the GNU GPL or
a similarly recognized open source license.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ those who contribute to the free software pool to do so
without paying license fees.
<hr width="30%">
-\section2 Is there a low-cost version of Qt for writing shareware?
+\section2 Is there a low-cost version of TQt for writing shareware?
No, but Qt's commercial licenses permit you to write and sell
shareware written with Qt.
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ shareware written with Qt.
We don't know! We can count our many thousands of commercial
licensees, but the number of free software developers
-using Qt can only be guessed based on download figures, book
-sales, the number of open source Qt applications available on
+using TQt can only be guessed based on download figures, book
+sales, the number of open source TQt applications available on
the web, Universities teaching with Qt, and other factors. A
conservative estimate would put the figure at around 100,000 to
150,000 developers world-wide.
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ conservative estimate would put the figure at around 100,000 to
See our list of reference customers at
\l http://www.trolltech.com/company/customers.html. Note that many
-commercial customers do not disclose their use of Qt because they see
+commercial customers do not disclose their use of TQt because they see
Qt as a competitive advantage.
<hr width="30%">
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Corporation and the KDE desktop. A partial list can be found at
<hr width="30%">
\section2 Is there a mailing list for Qt?
-Trolltech operates several mailing lists for Qt users including
+Trolltech operates several mailing lists for TQt users including
\c qt-announce, \c qt-interest and \c snapshot-users.
See \link http://lists.trolltech.com Mailing lists\endlink.
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Yes, at \l http://doc.trolltech.com.
Yes, \link http://doc.trolltech.com/qq/index.html Qt
Quarterly\endlink. It is a paper-based newsletter exclusively
-available to Qt licensees.
+available to TQt licensees.
As a courtesy and convenience to all our users, a selection of
articles is also published online about one month after publication.
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ [email protected]\endlink. But \e please read (the very short)
\section2 We have purchased a license, but the developer is leaving the company
project. Can we transfer the license to another developer?
-Yes. Qt licences are for the individual use of named developers. If
+Yes. TQt licences are for the individual use of named developers. If
the developer associated with a licence leaves the organization, or
-moves on to another project that does not require a Qt license,
+moves on to another project that does not require a TQt license,
another developer can take over the licence. You can change the name
of the developer using a licence at any time, but after a change you
must wait at least six (6) months before changing again.
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ application and then purchase commercial licenses when we start to
sell it?
No: our commercial license agreements only apply to software
-that was developed with Qt under the agreement. They do not
-apply to code that was developed with the Qt Open Source Edition
+that was developed with TQt under the agreement. They do not
+apply to code that was developed with the TQt Open Source Edition
prior to the agreement. Any software developed with Qt
without a commercial license agreement must be released as
free/open source software.
@@ -281,18 +281,18 @@ free/open source software.
\section2 I just want to run KDE and other Qt-based software on my
machine. Can I do that with the Open Source Edition?
-Yes. You may use the Qt Open Source Edition for running applications,
+Yes. You may use the TQt Open Source Edition for running applications,
both at home and at work, without restrictions.
<hr width="30%">
\section2 I want to put Qt, and applications that use it, on a CD-ROM or on
a web site. Can I do that with the Open Source Edition?
-Yes. You may copy and redistribute the Qt Open Source Edition, both
+Yes. You may copy and redistribute the TQt Open Source Edition, both
at home and at work, without restrictions.
<hr width="30%">
-\section2 Can I make software with the Qt Open Source Edition and release it under
+\section2 Can I make software with the TQt Open Source Edition and release it under
the GNU GPL, BSD, or Artistic license?
Yes. The GNU GPL, GPL-compatible licenses, or any other
@@ -302,13 +302,13 @@ OpenSource.org web sites list approved software licenses.
<hr width="30%">
\section2 I don't want to give away my source code. What do I do?
-You need to buy a commercial Qt license.
+You need to buy a commercial TQt license.
<hr width="30%">
-\section2 Is software based on the Qt Open Source Edition really free? Does it
+\section2 Is software based on the TQt Open Source Edition really free? Does it
carry any Trolltech-specific license restrictions?
-Yes, it really is free. This is because the Qt Open Source Edition
+Yes, it really is free. This is because the TQt Open Source Edition
uses the GNU GPL, which forbids the imposition of any license
restrictions on software based on the Open Source Edition that would
make it non-free. And no, there are no Trolltech-specific
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ We have absolutely no intention of doing that. Together with
the K Desktop Environment project, we have set up the KDE Free
Qt Foundation (see
\l http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/kdefreeqtfoundation.php) to
-legally guarantee the availability of Qt for free software
+legally guarantee the availability of TQt for free software
development now and forever - even if circumstances beyound
our control prevent us from producing new free editions.
@@ -356,13 +356,13 @@ internal software development.
<hr width="30%">
-\section2 Is Qt Open Source Edition really free software in the GNU meaning of the
+\section2 Is TQt Open Source Edition really free software in the GNU meaning of the
word?
Yes - it is free software both as in "no cost" and as in
"free speech". Even more, it is actually available under the
terms of the GNU GPL. This means you can link GPL'ed software
-to it, and you can take code from Qt and put it into other
+to it, and you can take code from TQt and put it into other
GPL'ed software.
<hr width="30%">
@@ -388,12 +388,12 @@ addition to those of the GNU GPL, including the right to
remove those extra terms.
<hr width="30%">
-\section2 Why is Qt Open Source Edition not distributed under the GNU Lesser
+\section2 Why is TQt Open Source Edition not distributed under the GNU Lesser
General Public License (LGPL)?
The LGPL is designed to "permit developers of non-free
programs to use free libraries" (quote from the LGPL). In
-other words, if Qt Open Source Edition were LGPL'd, companies would
+other words, if TQt Open Source Edition were LGPL'd, companies would
not have to purchase our commercial editions in order to make
commercial/proprietary software, they could just use the Open Source
Edition, free of charge. That would mean Trolltech would not
@@ -418,10 +418,10 @@ community and are not supported by Trolltech.
Qt wrappers?
Yes, if you have purchased a commercial license. The licensing
-conditions are the same whether you use the Qt API directly in
+conditions are the same whether you use the TQt API directly in
C++, or you use it through some API wrapper in another
programming language. All developers that write code
-containing calls to the Qt API (directly or through a wrapper)
-need Qt licenses.
+containing calls to the TQt API (directly or through a wrapper)
+need TQt licenses.
*/