You do not need to reply to me directly, I'm reading the list. I agree with you about the website. I follows the horrible trend of flashy eye candy without content. It is impossible to find any information about pricing. :-(
The designer clearly does not understand who the audience is. We are busy people looking for information not for useless nonsense! -- Best Regards Reinhardt Behm On Saturday 18 July 2015 20:05:23 John C. Turnbull wrote: > The new licensing structure (and not to mention the abominable website) are > clearly NOT working and will only hurt Qt, perhaps even kill it. It shows > how out-of-touch the Qt Company's executives are with their actual customers > now. This is common as companies grow larger and more successful. > > Please, Qt Company, listen to your customers while you still have some... > > -----Original Message----- > From: interest-bounces+ozemale=ozemail.com...@qt-project.org > [mailto:interest-bounces+ozemale=ozemail.com...@qt-project.org] On Behalf Of > Gianluca > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 6:24 PM > To: Reinhardt Behm > Cc: interest@qt-project.org > Subject: Re: [Interest] Indie Mobil Program terminated? > > > Il giorno 18/lug/2015, alle ore 09:16, Reinhardt Behm <rb...@hushmail.com> > > ha scritto: > > On Saturday 18 July 2015 08:59:53 Gianluca wrote: > >> No you cannot ! > >> You are arising a problem that people was used to develop for desktop > >> was not aware at the moment: the new Windows and Mac app stores. So, > >> basically this is the scenario: > >> - in the last 30 years desktop application was sold without using any > >> store like windows and mac app store. LGPL was invented to give the > >> possibility for developer to sell commercial product without paying > >> licenses - in the recents years the world is changing. All > >> application (as you noted, also windows and mac application) are now > >> sold via dedicated store, both desktop and mobile app. For this case, > >> the LGPL is old and (probably) not suitable for these cases. You are > > screwed up ! > > > There are still many (the most) applications developed with Qt that > > never will see any "app store". > > Qt is used in many embedded an control systems where there is now use > > fro any app store. > > The software world consists of more than mobile and "app" worlds. > > My programs i.e. work in certified avionics systems, flying in > > helicopters. > > > Yes, you are right. But we are talking of indie developer and mostly of them > look for the new market (the old market are full by old developer). And the > future of desktop and mobile application for the endusers are on the app > stores. So, that's why we are all concerning about the license. > > Let me compare your case with our case: > - you have a client that is a company and you sell directly to them, you > can use LGPL and pay nothing for Qt. The companies are willing to pay more > than endusers for support and service. > - we (indie new developer) trying to sell mobile and desktop application we > are forced to use the app stores (you cannot anymore sell new softwares > without using stores to the people, it's new trend :-( ), our customers are > people that they want pay almost nothing for the app. We cannot use LGPL, > and Qt will cost 350$/month. > > You WIN !! We LOSE !! > > How can we solve this problem ? > > > -- > > Best Regards > > > > Reinhardt Behm > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
