[Qt-interest] Qt on Android

[Scott Aron Bloom]

From: qt-interest-bounces at trolltech.com
[mailto:qt-interest-bounces at trolltech.com] On Behalf Of Bob Hood
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 9:42 AM
To: qt-interest at trolltech.com
Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Qt on Android

 

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.

 

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Consider yourself checked.

 

QT since QT 4.5 is now under the LGPL, which allows for commercial use
without paying a dime to nokia.  This ofcourse is always followed with I
am not a lawyer, but frankly this move LGPL, makes QT the greates
framework... EVER.. J

Scott

 
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