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>From February onward, everyone, including open-source Qt users, will require valid Qt accounts to download Qt binary packages. Hopefully this doesn't include
by nizmow 7y ago
>From February onward, everyone, including open-source Qt users, will require valid Qt accounts to download Qt binary packages.
Hopefully this doesn't include redistributed binaries. I really do like KDE.
- jasonjayr 7y ago> Note that source packages will still be available without a Qt account. From the post. Once you download + rebuild, your binaries built from the OSS version can't have additional restrictions, otherwise they cease to be true GPL ...
- nizmow 7y agoRight, of course. Blanket scary statements like that make me nervous. Long live KDE. :)
- nottorp 7y agoThey changed the license from LGPL to GPL?
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoQt has various components under different licences. Some are GPL.
- nottorp 7y agoOh? When did they add that? Sneaky. I'm not current with what's happening with Qt >=5. With all the threats and restrictions and enterprise pricing for commercial licenses, it looks like Qt is heading towards Delphi levels of irrellevance.
- slavik81 7y agoA while back they added GPLv3 as an option for modules that used to only be available under the commercial license. They're listed here: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtmodules.html#gpl-licensed-addons https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtmodules.html#gpl-licensed-addons
- jschwartzi 7y agoThe core is LGPLv3, meaning that you can bundle precompiled versions and dynamically link against them at run-time provided that you provide means for your end-users to switch to their own version of the libraries.