[Interest] Digia to acquire Qt from Nokia

[Mike Short]

I would be interested in learning about this as well.

 

The effects of the different licensing models fascinates me, and having a  knowledge about what the numbers looked like over time, based on the different licensing models would speak volumes.

 

-Mike Short 

 

From: interest-bounces+mike.short=fawkesengineering.com at qt-project.org [mailto:interest-bounces+mike.short=fawkesengineering.com at qt-project.org] On Behalf Of Jason H
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:09 AM
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Subject: Re: [Interest] Digia to acquire Qt from Nokia

 

I'd be curious. 

It seems to me that that strategy would see use go up, then some time later commercial licensing would pick up, as the barrier to entry came down, and user bases were established which required support, which in turn enabled commercial licenses. 



 

 

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From: "chuck.piercey at nokia.com" <chuck.piercey at nokia.com>
To: charleyb123 at gmail.com; bm_witness at yahoo.com 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Interest] Digia to acquire Qt from Nokia

 

Hi,

 

Is there an interest on this list in learning about the business implications of going LGPL using the Trolltech example?

 

Trolltech’s acquisition by Nokia allowed it to add the LGPL license option and then continue conducting business for the next 3 years. If you look at the aggregate business over that time it seems a useful question to ask what happened - Did the initial dramatic license revenue drop turn into growth later because of broader use?

 

Is this a topic people would be interested in and find useful?

 

Chuck Piercey


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