[Interest] Digia to acquire Qt from Nokia

[Calogero Mauceri]

That would be really interesting to know.


Il 29/08/2012 19.41, Mike Short ha scritto:
>
> 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
> *To:* chuck.piercey at nokia.com; charleyb123 at gmail.com; bm_witness at yahoo.com
> *Cc:* interest at qt-project.org
> *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 <mailto:chuck.piercey at nokia.com>" 
> <chuck.piercey at nokia.com <mailto:chuck.piercey at nokia.com>>
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> bm_witness at yahoo.com <mailto: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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