[Interest] QML vs Electron

[Roland Hughes]

Rather interesting.

People making medical devices which save millions of lives each year 
have to pay royalties on each unit manufactured.

People writing apps which now kill more humans than drunk driving, 
aren't charged royalties.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-17/smartphones-are-killing-americans-but-nobody-s-counting

https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/15310-smartphones-are-leading-to-more-traffic-deaths-than-the-government-realizes

https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/30/technology/pedestrian-safety-smartphones/index.html

https://nypost.com/2016/06/18/our-cellphones-are-killing-us/

For them you stole a page from a gag commercial 95.5 WMET used to run in 
Chicago. It was for the Chicago School of Cab Driving.

"What's it cost? $25 a week for the rest of your life, you __can't__ get 
even."


It is difficult to keep up with the licensing products since sales never 
says the same thing which is on the Web site __AND__ the licensing 
changes roughly every 15 minutes.


Adding insult to injury is the SEVERE ETHICAL PROBLEM most have with 
taking an OpenSource product, adding just a tiny bit, then demanding 
licenses and royalties.



On 08/07/2018 12:40 AM, Maurice Kalinowski wrote:
>
> I would like to ask to you stop spreading this misinformed and 
> misleading content.
>
> There are two commercial products for Qt, Qt for Application 
> Development and Qt for Device Creation. Creating a mobile or desktop 
> app (Qt AD) does _/not/_ ask for runtimes for royalties.
>
> If you have any further question, please get in touch with your sales 
> representative directly and ask for details and/or an offer.
>
> BR,
>
> Maurice
>
> *From:*Interest 
> <interest-bounces+maurice.kalinowski=qt.io at qt-project.org> *On Behalf 
> Of *Roland Hughes
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 7, 2018 12:58 AM
> *To:* interest at qt-project.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Interest] QML vs Electron
>
> On 08/06/2018 05:36 PM, ekke wrote:
>
>     this is frustrating: knowing that Qt is great for mobile apps, but
>
>     there's a license cost barriere
>
> Don't forget about the royalties when you start offering things for sale.
>
> -- 
> Roland Hughes, President
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