My read of this is that you're free to continue to build and distribute your own binaries, but those won't be able to participate in the plugin ecosystem. The e

My read of this is that you're free to continue to build and distribute your own binaries, but those won't be able to participate in the plugin ecosystem. The effect of this change depends on the value of the plugin service. I mean, it could be great. I certainly hope it's great for the Qt project.