Using planet python for soapboxing:
Will PyQt be the new “standard” python GUI toolkit soon? After the enthusiastic reception of Qt going LGPL (thanks to Nokia), I can imagine that beginners will be probably be pointed to PyQt for their GUI needs, now that the license problem is no more. Obviously it’s too big to bundle with Python, but not too big to recommend as the first download…
Other toolkits have their benefits, but comparisons have been typically shouted down by previous problematic licensing. We can now forget that, and really see if other toolkits can actually match Qt on technical merits. Who knows, perhaps this move will invigorate GUI app development again, now that everyone is doing web apps 
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Note: LGPL PyQt hasn’t been announed yet, but it’s fair to speculate that it will happen.
