Trolltech license change and eric3 for Windows?

With the news that Trolltech has decided to extend its dual licensing strategy to Windows, that means that Windows users will be able to use Qt-based GPLed software for free. That’s great news, because many people use Windows for a variety of reasons, and there are many good Qt-based programs that can now be run there for free.

I use a Mac primarily, but I also use Windows regularly. So, I’ve never given the eric3 IDE a try, because I couldn’t use it cross platform. With the GPL release of Qt for Windows, maybe I’ll be able to. It looks like there is still a question of whether Riverbank Computing will follow suit with a license change for PyQt.