Copy Qt function documentation into Go comments for IDE hinting

[mappu]

It should be possible to codegenerate better function comments based on Qt's own documentation.

But what license is the Qt documentation under, what are the license implications of this?

[mappu]

General explanitory Qt documentation in qtdoc is under the GFDL. Functions are described directly in .cpp comments in qtbase, marked LGPL/Commercial.

• Option 1: MIQT remains MIT license but "redistributions in source form must..." comply with docs licensing
• Option 2: Give up on this idea, not worth the legal hassle

Behaviour of other bindings:

• Kitech (LGPL): Does copy in documentation, LGPL required
• NodeGui (MIT): Does not copy in documentation
• Ritual (MIT): ...

[mappu]

I think the documentation was deliberately put into the cpp instead of the public header. I think that suggests that the Qt company feel like it's part of the implementation, not the interface. Copying the implementation is beyond what MIQT is allowed.

Because a primary purpose of MIQT is to maintain the permissive licence for static linking I think it's impossible to resolve this in a legal way.

This can be reopened if there is a better legal theory.