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Qt is too much expensive and closed-source.
by npigrounet 4y ago
Qt is too much expensive and closed-source.
- ttybird2 4y agoThis might have been true 23 years ago but since then it became free software.
- stevemk14ebr 4y agothen it went un-free again...
- jcelerier 4y agoThat looks extremely unfree, yes: https://github.com/qt/qtbase/blob/dev/LICENSE.LGPL3 https://github.com/qt/qtbase/blob/dev/LICENSE.LGPL3
- red_trumpet 4y agoIt's source code is still released under LGPL though.
- npigrounet 4y agoJust look at the prices on their website.
- sigzero 4y agoThat is only if you want to use it commercially.
- Kelteseth 4y agoThat's only if you won't/can't comply with the LGPLv3
- zxspectrum1982 4y agoHave you ever done the math on what developer time costs? Even if Qt looks very expensive, it is cheap when you take that into account (not to speak of the savings in Qt and post-release bugfixes).
- johannes1234321 4y agoThe 11 months old version is opensourcenand nice. The current version is for customers only. That is their current business strategy to fulfill nthe KDEnagreement, while trying to survive as business, which seems to be tough for them.
- varajelle 4y agoThe current version (6.3, just released) is free and open source. You must be confused with the LTS which is the commercialy supported version. And yes, if you want a commercially supported version, you have to pay. Isn't that normal?