[Qt-interest] Qt 4.2.2 License Help

[Andre Somers]

Op Ma, 28 maart, 2011 3:51 pm, schreef Ross Bencina:
> Andre Somers wrote:
>> Well, changing your licence mid-project is problem. If you want to use
>> the
>> Qt commercial licence, you must make that choice at the beginning of
>> your
>> project, not when you're done developing it. Ignoring that will (IANAL)
>> be
>> a violation of the terms of the licence, and would render it void.
>>
>> (L)GPL might be your only option left.
>
> According to the terms of the commercial licence I agree.
>
> IANAL either of course, but I suspect if Ankit made an offer to purchase a
> commercial licence back-dated to when development began he might be able
> to
> purchase one. Just because a standard contract has a condition doesn't
> mean
> you can't negotiate a different agreement. Especially if you're offering
> to
> buy something. It's a contract, not a law :-)

Of course, that's true. You might be able to negotiate something like
that. But this condition was pressed quite clearly in the talks I've seen
on the topic, so I'm not sure how open Nokia is/was on this topic. Perhaps
the situation is different with Digia though.

André