[Qt-interest] what does it mean exactly about Qt future ? Desktop ? Mobile ?

[d3fault]

What incentive does digia have to push their commercial changes back into
the community version of qt? Seeing as they're a for profit company, it is
against their interests. I see this as a potential problem if the commercial
version becomes a beast and leaves the community version in the dust. On the
other hand... I highly doubt the commercial version would ever gain more
usage than the community version. Ever since nokia released qt under the
lgpl license, companies have been able to use qt commercially for free. If
digia doesn't add anything to qt and keep the changes private, the only
thing they're selling is support. Can't say I'd invest my money in such a
company... but maybe someone else would. Without any added functionality,
they aren't really selling anything (in MY eyes. I'd never pay for support
when I can find virtually any answer on the internets). I have nothing
against digia or the business deal and I HOPE it's to Qt's benefit (not
nokia or digia... but the Qt community as a whole)... I just find the whole
thing a bit baffling. Will digia push changes to the community version?

-d3fault
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