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2013-09-27 , 12:07
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Originally Posted by rcolistete View Post
PyQt 5.0.1 was released in 21 August 2013 with support for QML and Qt Quick2 :
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/news/pyqt-501


The current PyQt5 download is for v5.0.1 :
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/...pyqt/download5
The "Development Snapshots" PyQt5 v5.1 is also available, compatible with Qt 5.1.

So, PyQt 5.1 will give Python access to develop softwares (with GUI) for Sailfish, Ubuntu Touch, Android, iOS, etc. Obviously somebody needs to compile & package PyQt for them.
The issue is that PyQT is only available under either the GPL or a commercial license, so can't be used for non-GPL applications without paying for a commercial license, which is why PySide was created in the first place. That doesn't just mean it can't be used freely by commercial developers, but also that applications licensed under other open source (but not GPL compatible) licenses can't use it.
 

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