[Freegis-list] Using QT library - WAS:TerraLib and TerraView updates

[Pedro Pereira Goncalves]

Hi

At 11:52 AM 4/23/03 +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:

> > (2) Interface between TerraLib and Qt
> >
> > Bernhard Reiter has noticed that we use Qt for
> > developing TerraView's interface. He suggested that
> > we should keep a clear interface between Qt and
> > the rest of TerraLib. Indeed we have taken great
> > care to keep them separate.
>
>That is good, because Qt on windows and other platforms
>(like Mac OS) is unfree.
>
> > We are also experimenting
> > with TerraLib interfaces with MFC and Java.
>
>MFC and most Java libraries (like swing) are also non-free
>so you can as well keep QT.


In my current porting of inovaGIS to open source version for linux and 
windows I'm using Qt for the graphics part.
Is this a bad option ?
Are there any recommendations of other graphics library ? or best-practice 
guide ?

all the best, pedro