Visual Studio App Wizard for Qt

**Brandybuck** · 9th February 2007, 18:08

Originally Posted by jacek

Some people believe that VS EULA prohibits its use to develop Open Source software.

Really? I guess I'm in trouble then!

On a serious note, I believe you're mistaken. I think there's a restriction on some versions about which platforms you can develop on, but not about what restrictions you must impose upon your end users.

**jacek** · 9th February 2007, 20:17

Originally Posted by Brandybuck

On a serious note, I believe you're mistaken. I think there's a restriction on some versions about which platforms you can develop on, but not about what restrictions you must impose upon your end users.

The problem is with "Distributable Code", but I guess it's OK as long as you publish only the source code. Everything depends on who reads the licence.

**wysota** · 9th February 2007, 20:36

There has been much talk about the issue (sorry, I don't have any links at hand, but the issue was brought up when Trolltech was releasing Qt4.0 and announced the OS version won't support MSVC) and the bottom line was that you can use MSVC to create open source applications. But as already mentioned, it depends on who's interpreting the licence...