Adding LGPL as a license option had an enormous impact on the commercial business but it also grew the number of users by an order of magnitude over the same time period.
Chuck Piercey http://www.linkedin.com/in/cpiercey -----Original Message----- From: interest-bounces+chuck.piercey=nokia....@qt-project.org [mailto:interest-bounces+chuck.piercey=nokia....@qt-project.org] On Behalf Of ext Scott Aron Bloom Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:19 AM To: BRM; interest@qt-project.org Subject: Re: [Interest] Digia to acquire Qt from Nokia > To: BRM <bm_witn...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [Interest] Digia to acquire Qt from Nokia 14.08.2012, > 18:50, "BRM" <bm_witn...@yahoo.com>: >> most of the commercial licensees are sticking with the commercial >> license > because of the ambiguity >> with the LGPL and how to apply it; and the fact that while Nokia did >> do > that, they have not provided any >> clarity to its use. > > ... while developers of proprietary software, which are not commercial > licensees, use LGPL license :) > Some may yes, but I think the general ambiguity left by the LGPL requirements still pushes most towards commercial licenses. So I don't think it has really changed anything in terms of business. I could be wrong - only someone familiar with the various deals within Nokia/Digia could really answer that, but that won't likely happen. Ben _______________________________________________ I disagree.. In my experience, creating the LGPL version swept in a HUGE uptick in commercial applications using it... The only reason I know of that smaller companies bought the commercial license was for support. And if they were my clients, and I gave them the support, there was no need. Scott _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
