[Qt-interest] Qt on Android

[Andre Somers]

Bob Hood wrote:
> Jason H wrote:
>> ...Now, Qt is free so there's no profit there...
>
> Um, check me if I'm wrong, but if you are going to develop an 
> application using Qt, whether that application is on the PC or on a 
> mobile device, you're going to need a **commercial** Qt license.  If 
> you are going to make profit, then Nokia (rightly) expects to make a 
> profit as well.
>
> Given the sizable license fee for the commercial use of Qt, I'd see 
> that as a large obstacle to having a lot of mobile developers wanting 
> to use it for their $0.99US fart-generating Android application.  
> Unless I'm mistaken, the iPhone and Android SDKs are free, so I have 
> to wonder if the effort on Nokia's part to port Qt to ride atop those 
> would be worth the return.
>
Considder yourself corrected.
You do *not* need a commercial licence anymore, since Qt is available 
under LGPL. It does of course help, for instance for getting good 
support. A developpers time may be too valuable to spend searching for 
ansers on public forums an mailinglists, but it is no issue at all for 
those $0,99 priced nifty apps created as a hobby...

André