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According to this comment [1], Qt has around 4000 licensees. A license is around $3,000, so that's roughly a 12 million dollar business, if we can trust those n
by gregschlom 16y ago
According to this comment [1], Qt has around 4000 licensees. A license is around $3,000, so that's roughly a 12 million dollar business, if we can trust those numbers.
Edit: actually, it's on the Qt press release itself. They state there [2] that:
> The Qt Commercial licensing business is growing and has around 3500 companies
[1] http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/16/nokia-cto-rich-green-speaks-about-qt/#comment-3048 http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/02/16/nokia-cto-rich-green-spe...
[2] http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/03/07/nokia-and-digia-working-together/ http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/03/07/nokia-and-digia-working-...
- joezydeco 16y agoThe commercial development license is one facet, but the royalty per-unit payments are not mentioned. The product I currently ship with Qt is somewhere around USD $1 a unit.
- bostonpete 16y agoIs this some sort of licensing model that they don't advertise? The only commercial licenses I'm aware of are per-developer licenses with no royalty structure.
- joezydeco 16y agoThe rules are like this (from Nokia's page): "For regular desktop applications, there are no royalties, runtime licenses, or other additional costs. For fixed systems or devices where the main functionality relies on Qt, a runtime distribution license may apply."
- joezydeco 16y agoCorrection: Talked to my production manager and it's more like $5. Geebus.