There's a suicide pact with the community that if Qt ever stops being updated, that it is relicensed under BSD. I believe that "stops being updated" means failing to release two dot (x.y) releases a year. It is relatively foggy in my find, but dates back to the GNOME competitive days and I think the purchase by Nokia. Someone else might remember better...
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 12:14 PM > From: "Henry Skoglund" <fro...@tungware.se> > To: interest@qt-project.org > Subject: [Interest] When Microsoft comes to purchase Qt what will be the > outcome? > > Hi, while I am a very happy Qt user, I have this fear that Microsoft > will knock on Qt's door with a boatload of money. > > Being old and having gone through some bad experiences with Microsoft, I > was one of those who left GitHub for GitLab this summer. But when the > bell tolls for Qt, I don't see any alternatives. So, if they call, > please just say whatever amount of $$$ Microsoft offers Google will > double, or something like that :-) > > Rgrds Henry > > _______________________________________________ > 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
