[Development] Adding 3rdpary libraries to QtSerialBus

[Alexander Nassian]

Interesting enough that Qt itself switched the OSS license to v3 ...

> Am 11.08.2016 um 22:22 schrieb Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com>:
> 
> On quinta-feira, 11 de agosto de 2016 19:50:35 PDT Alexander Nassian wrote:
>>> And they're LGPLv2. The v3 clauses cause lots of companies to run away.
>> 
>> Really? v3 just clarifies some of the implications of v2 in a more suitable
>> way for lawyers. Many people that run away don't know how to get their
>> products safe with the requirement to let the user on the system. But it's
>> possible and no real reason against v3.
> 
> The "v3" is hardly "just clarifies" over the v2. It adds at least two extra 
> provisions:
> * the patent grant
> * the "installation instructions" clause
> 
> Regardless of whether the reasons why companies run away is valid or not, the 
> fact is that they do. I submit Evidence A: Apple stopped updating GCC when it 
> went GPLv3 in version 4.3 and instead started their own compiler.
> 
> So it's unimportant whether the reasons are valid. It's important that we 
> understand the consequences if we do choose to accept an LGPLv3 dependency.
> 
> -- 
> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
>  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
> 
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