[Interest] What you don't like about Qt

[Tuukka Turunen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Interest [mailto:interest-bounces+tuukka.turunen=qt.io at qt-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Roland Hughes
> Sent: perjantaina 23. syyskuuta 2016 13.50
> To: interest at qt-project.org
> Subject: Re: [Interest] What you don't like about Qt
> 
> Tried replying to this earlier, but didn't see the content come up so will toss in
> my 0.0003 cents on this thread.
> 
>  >>- C++ is difficult, Qt lacks quality bindings for mainstream languages
> - moc (on build systems that don't automate this step)
> - FUD around licensing
> 
> Well, Digia has itself to thank for FUD. I contacted Digia right after they took
> over Qt for a project I was working on. Yes, yes, we definitely needed a
> license. It was $5000 per developer and there were no royalties. Oh, no, you
> as a consultant cannot buy a commercial license and develop a product for a
> client, whoever's name is on the product must own the license. Less than
> two months later "owner" of the product contacted Digia directly. Yes, yes
> they definitely needed a license. It was many thousands of dollars more than
> what I was quoted AND they had to pay royalties. The bickering went back
> and forth for a while. Keep in mind this project was a front end for a service.
> Anyone could download the software but you had to subscribe to the
> service.
> Finally the person actually funding the project who was rumored to be Bill
> Gates' next door neighbor, contacted some lawyers who contacted Digia. No,
> No you don't need a license, go with God my child.
> 
> Not an isolated case. Client after client tells the same story. The licensing
> team at Digia must be paid on commission because _every_ use requires a
> license when you first contact them.
> 

Many of the common questions about licensing are explained in the FAQ: https://www.qt.io/faq 

If the use case is a lot different than common ones, it is possible that different persons can provide varying opinions. At the end we do find the right model for every case - and most of the cases are fine with the common licensing terms: https://www.qt.io/terms-conditions 

There is also an online store for application development licenses: https://www.qt.io/buy-product 

Yours,

	Tuukka