It seems clear to me. Qt company considers that they might follow the legal agreement with the KDE Free Qt Foundation to the letter doe nothing extra. > they

It seems clear to me. Qt company considers that they might follow the legal agreement with the KDE Free Qt Foundation to the letter doe nothing extra. > they are thinking about restricting ALL Qt releases to paid license holders for the first 12 months. They are aware that this would mean the end of contributions via Open Governance in practice. This is the minimum they can do, and they can't do legally anything less. If they don't release free edition within 12 months... https://kde.org/community/whatiskde/kdefreeqtfoundation.php https://kde.org/community/whatiskde/kdefreeqtfoundation.php > Should The Qt Company discontinue the development of the Qt Free Edition under the required licenses, then the Foundation has the right to release Qt under a BSD-style license or under other open source licenses. The agreements stay valid in case of a buy-out, a merger or bankruptcy. KDE releasing Qt under BSD is IMHO credible threat.