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From Trolltech to Nokia to Digia and now to its own company, Qt has been through a lot. I wonder what license they're running under now. Edit: looks like it's
by tetris11 3y ago
From Trolltech to Nokia to Digia and now to its own company, Qt has been through a lot. I wonder what license they're running under now.
Edit: looks like it's a mix of GPLs, LGPLs, and their own license.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_%28software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_%28software
- wanderingstan 3y agoWhen I last did a client project using Qt they were intentionally running an older open source version (3.x?) in order to avoid having to pay license fees. Likewise, I wonder if this latest mix of licenses can be used without fees.
- zugi 3y agoMost of Qt ships under your choice of 3 different licenses: GPL, Commercial, and LGPL. Their sales people and marketing material like to pretend the LGPL version doesn't exist, and that you need a Commercial license to do any commercial software development. But that's just not the case. The LGPL license works great for many/most commercial applications. (Watch out for a couple of the addons/extras that don't have an LGPL version.)
- joezydeco 3y agoThe anti-tivoization stuff in version 3 really messed it up for a lot of customers. There's no way they're allowing DIY firmware into their units.