Den tors 21 mars 2024 01:44Thiago Macieira <thiago.macie...@intel.com> skrev:
> On Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:27:26 PDT Turtle Creek Software wrote: > > We are ready to release a free alpha version of our accounting app for > Mac > > & Windows. The plan is to use LGPL while still in beta, then switch to a > > commercial license and static Qt when it's ready to sell. > > > > Will the switch cause licensing problems? > > The LGPL will not cause you legal problems. But you must remember that the > licence you gave to those recipients is irrevocable: they can continue > using > it, distributing it and even developing it after you've made your > production > release. You may want to think more about your business case here, because > some potential paying customers may decide they don't want to pay you if a > nearly as good version is open source. > I'll let Casey confirm, but the way understood it, the license switch question was regarding the license under which they use Qt. I.e. they were planning on - Freeware but closed sourced/proprietary license for app + Qt under LGPL during beta phase - Commercial/proprietary licemse for app + Qt under commercial license when they're out of beta and ready to make money So the app would never be open source. Please confirm Casey. Elvis > You should also check with Qt Company sales what terms they'll sell you a > licence under. In the past, they usually required that you retroactively > buy > for the time you spent developing the application. > > > How do people usually distribute QT for dynamic linking? Our > users/testers > > are not very tech savvy. > > For Mac, it's easy: use macdeployqt and everything is inside your > application's bundle. > > For Windows, you'll need to make an installer to deploy your .exe and all > the > Qt libraries and plugins. windeployqt can prepare the installation target, > but > the installer itself is up to you. You can use the Qt Installer Framework > if > you wish, or something else. > > -- > Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com > Principal Engineer - Intel DCAI Cloud Engineering > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/interest >
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