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Compliance with Qt LGPL¶
The XIMEA CamTool uses the Qt Toolkit under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License v. 3 ("LGPL").
In compliance with LGPL, this document collects the relevant information about downloading, installing, and building the Qt Toolkit from sources.
The primary source of the information and most of the web links provided here come from the "Qt Company's website":
http://www.qt.io/.
Note: The Qt Toolkit is copyrighted by The Qt Company and/or its subsidiary(-ies) and other contributors.
LGPL License Text¶
The first step in compliance with LGPL is that every recipient of the CamTool software also receives the full text of the LGPL licenses used.
CamTool complies with this requirement by including the full text of the LGPL license (LICENSE.txt) in every CamTool distribution.
The full text of the LGPL licenses can also be obtained in this CamTool documentation by clicking on the links below:
How XIMEA CamTool Uses Qt¶
Dynamic Linking¶
On each supported platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS), the XIMEA CamTool dynamically links to the unmodified Qt libraries, as provided by the Qt Company in the pre-compiled binary format.
Also, in compliance with LGPL, the "About XIMEA CamTool" dialog box of the CamTool application prominently states that this program uses the Qt Toolkit under the terms of LGPL.
About CamTool Dialog Box (Example)
Qt Version Information¶
Additionally, the CamTool About dialog box contains the button About QT, which opens the "About Qt" dialog box, which informs the user about the exact version of Qt and explains the Qt licensing terms.
Finally, the CamTool Manual on the web prominently states that this program uses the Qt Toolkit under the terms of LGPL.
About Qt Dialog Box (Example)
Qt Library Source Code¶
The CamTool has used several Qt versions.
Please choose the Qt version displayed by the CamTool "About Qt Dialog Box":
http://download.qt.io/archive/qt