[Interest] the path forward - that 7 year thing - was, willy-nilly

[Roland Hughes]

On 3/28/21 8:27 AM, Jason H wrote:
>> On 3/26/21 1:39 PM, Jason H wrote:
>>> Thiago, apparently, even with a commercial license, we no longer have rights
>>> to use whatever versions were current when we had the license. Previously, we could use
>>> it in perpetuity. This is probably a deal breaker at my new organization. It is my
>>> understanding that after our software development is done, we have to maintain
>>> commercial licenses even when we are not_developing_  software in Qt. I think the previous
>>> perpetuity licensing was appropriate.
>> **Seriously**
>>
>> They are trying to end a 5.x perpetuity license that was already bought
>> and paid for? Nah. Can't be. I know a customer that paid north of $600K
>> for such a license and the device isn't yet out the door. They happen to
>> have a lot of lawyers too. I can't believe they would take that lying down.
>
> They can't just change your contract/license.
>
>> What I "thought" was said was you could no longer obtain such a license.
>> I don't agree with that, but that policy doesn't place QtC in legal
>> jepordy because the license change only impacts new product.
> This is correct, there is no more perpetuity license. This will likely
> be a sticking point for the company I am currently at.
>
It's a sticking point at every medical device and industrial 
controls/SAFETY manufacturer I know about. The only projects still using 
Qt started long ago.

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