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Qt is also licensed via LGPL
by billsix 6y ago
Qt is also licensed via LGPL
- stjohnswarts 6y agoBut for how much longer will new versions be released? Since they own all copyrights to the software, it's relatively easy to drop LGPL at any point on newer releases.
- billsix 6y agoSure, if they don’t mind Qt automatically being relicensing under BSD “The little known KDE Free Qt Foundation makes sure that Qt stays free and open-source. It guarantees that all Qt modules currently licensed under LGPLv3 must continue to be available under LGPLv3 in the future. This covers all modules from Qt Essentials and many add-on modules. If The Qt Company discontinued the FOSS version of Qt, the Foundation would have the right to make Qt available under the BSD license. This is a very powerful protection of free and open-source Qt.“ https://www.embeddeduse.com/2019/12/21/safe-guarding-the-lgpl-future-of-qt/ https://www.embeddeduse.com/2019/12/21/safe-guarding-the-lgp... https://dot.kde.org/2016/01/13/qt-guaranteed-stay-free-and-open-–-legal-update https://dot.kde.org/2016/01/13/qt-guaranteed-stay-free-and-o...