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Qt is very underrated - its pretty easy to get started, works cross platform and is stable in my experience
by fiftyacorn 9y ago
Qt is very underrated - its pretty easy to get started, works cross platform and is stable in my experience
- swah 9y agoI will use C# instead of Qt in a next project because we're a university and getting a license would be a PITA..
- mrlucax 9y agoThey have a free community version under GPL: https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/?hsCtaTracking=f977210e-de67-475f-a32b-65cec207fd03%7Cd62710cd-e1db-46aa-8d4d-2f1c1ffdacea https://www.qt.io/download-open-source/?hsCtaTracking=f97721...
- IshKebab 9y agoYou can use the LGPL version. The only real restriction is that you can't link with Qt statically.
- kej 9y agoYou can link statically as long as you make it possible for your users to re-link with a modified version of Qt. If you have ClosedProgram.exe and distribute ClosedProgram.obj and QtSource.zip you're fine.
- blub 9y agoUniversities of all places should prefer open source tools and should release their projects as open source. Licensing sounds like an excuse to justify your choice.
- simplehuman 9y agoYeah, they license windows already...
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- swah 9y agoWe're building this for a company. What I mean is that its a big bureocracy to justify buying stuff.
- dkersten 9y agoLast time I checked, Qt was GPL/LGPL/Commercial. You can use the LGPL license just fine as long as you statically link the so/dll files. I do understand not wanting to have to verify/check your obligations, of course. Still, Qt is a fantastic piece of software and a number of companies that I know of use the LGPL version just fine.