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**
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** Copyright (C) 2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
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** All rights reserved.
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** Contact: Nokia Corporation (qt-info@nokia.com)
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**
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** This file is part of the documentation of the Qt Toolkit.
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**
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** $QT_BEGIN_LICENSE:LGPL$
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** No Commercial Usage
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** This file contains pre-release code and may not be distributed.
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** You may use this file in accordance with the terms and conditions
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** contained in the Technology Preview License Agreement accompanying
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** this package.
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**
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** GNU Lesser General Public License Usage
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** Alternatively, this file may be used under the terms of the GNU Lesser
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** General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software
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** Foundation and appearing in the file LICENSE.LGPL included in the
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** packaging of this file.  Please review the following information to
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** ensure the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 requirements
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** will be met: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html.
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**
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** In addition, as a special exception, Nokia gives you certain additional
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** rights.  These rights are described in the Nokia Qt LGPL Exception
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** version 1.1, included in the file LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt in this package.
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**
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** If you have questions regarding the use of this file, please contact
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** Nokia at qt-info@nokia.com.
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**
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** $QT_END_LICENSE$
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**
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/*!
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    \page commercialeditions.html
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    \title Qt Commercial Editions
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    \ingroup licensing
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    \brief Information about the license and features of the Commercial Edition.
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    \keyword Qt Full Framework Edition
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    \keyword Qt GUI Framework Edition
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    Two editions of Qt are available under a commercial license:
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    Qt GUI Framework Edition, and Qt Full Framework Edition.
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    If you want to develop Free or Open Source software for release using a recognized
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    Open Source license, you can use the \l{Open Source Versions of Qt}.
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    The table below summarizes the differences between the two commercial editions:
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    \table 75%
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    \header \o{1,2} Features                                      \o{2,1} Editions
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    \header                                                       \o Qt GUI Framework \o Qt Full Framework
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    \row    \o \l{QtCore}{Qt Core classes (QtCore)}               \o \bold{X}         \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtGui}{Qt GUI classes (QtGui)}                  \o \bold{(X)}       \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{Graphics View Classes} (part of QtGui)          \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtNetwork}{Networking (QtNetwork)}              \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtOpenGL}{OpenGL (QtOpenGL)}                    \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtScript}{Scripting (QtScript)}                 \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtScriptTools}{Script Debugging (QtScriptTools)}\o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtSql}{Database/SQL (QtSql)}                    \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtSvg}{SVG (QtSvg)}                             \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtWebKit}{WebKit integration (QtWebKit)}        \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtXml}{XML (QtXml)}                             \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtXmlPatterns}{XQuery and XPath (QtXmlPatterns)}\o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{Qt3Support}{Qt 3 Support (Qt3Support)}          \o \bold{(X)}       \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtHelp}{Help system (QtHelp)}                   \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtDBus}{D-Bus IPC support (QtDBus)}             \o \bold{X}         \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtDesigner}{\QD extension classes (QtDesigner)} \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtTest}{Unit testing framework (QtTest)}        \o \bold{X}         \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{QtUiTools}{Run-time form handling (QtUiTools)}  \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{Phonon Module}{Phonon Multimedia Framework}     \o                  \o \bold{X}
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    \row    \o \l{ActiveQt}                                       \o                  \o \bold{<X>}
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    \endtable
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    \bold{(X)} The Qt GUI Framework Edition contains selected classes from the QtGui and
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    Qt3Support modules corresponding to the functionality available in the Qt 3 Professional
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    Edition.
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    \bold{<X>} The ActiveQt module is only available on Windows.
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    Lists of the classes available in each edition are available on the
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    following pages:
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    \list
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    \o \l{Qt GUI Framework Edition}
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    \o \l{Qt Full Framework Edition}
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    \endlist
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    Please see the \l{Supported Platforms}{list of supported
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    platforms} for up-to-date information about the various platforms
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    and compilers that Qt supports.
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    On the Qt web site, you can find a
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    \l{Qt Licensing Overview} and information on \l{Qt License Pricing}
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    for commercial editions of Qt and other Qt-related products.
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    To purchase, please visit the \l{How to Order}{online order
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    form}.
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    For further information and assistance, please contact Qt
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    sales.
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    Web: http://qt.nokia.com/contact.
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    Phone, U.S. office (for North America): \bold{1-650-813-1676}.
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    Phone, Norway office (for the rest of the world): \bold{+47 21 60
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    48 00}.
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    \page full-framework-edition-classes.html
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    \title Qt Full Framework Edition
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    \ingroup classlists
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    \brief The list of Qt classes included in the Full Framework Edition.
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    \generatelist{classesbyedition Desktop}
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    \page gui-framework-edition-classes.html
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    \title Qt GUI Framework Edition
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    \ingroup classlists
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    \brief The list of Qt classes included in the GUI Framework Edition.
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    \generatelist{classesbyedition DesktopLight}
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