Qt licensees are bound by the terms of their Qt commercial license.
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Digia says they have an agreement with Nokia that excludes Qt on mobile phones or mobile tablets*.Įven if they had the right, as QML and QtWebKit at the moment uses LGPL code that Qt does not own the copyright for, it would still not be possible (for most modern apps) to avoid the rules that apply when statically linking with LGPL libs. The official company line from Digia (the company that has the right to sell Qt Commercial licenses) is that it is not permitted.
#Q SEE QT VIEW APP FOR ANDROID FOR ANDROID#
Would it be possible to have a commercial license of Qt that one could buy and use for Android and iOS? At the moment that is in question. Update: With Qt version 5.1 Digia is offering commercial license to develop for iOS and Android, thus it is now possible to purchase a commercial (Qt Enterprise) license when needed. And as the Qt for iOS port uses the LGPL version of Qt, the rules for statically linking with LGPL will kick in - this can be a problem for closed source apps.Ĭommercial edition of iOS or Android etc? If Apple does not accept applications that use bundled dylibs into the App Store, then it will be necessary to link Qt statically to the application. It remains to be seen whether Apple will accept applications that bundle dylibs into the iOS App Store. This allows the app to use the LGPL license for Qt whilst allowing the app itself to be closed source. On iOS it is possible to use a dynamically linked version of the Qt libraries, and have them bundled with the application. Only if you statically link with the Qt libs could there be a problem with closed source apps. The app developers can develop closed source code and publish the app - no worries. Who: Lars, Christy, Tukka, Ian, Markus, Espen (and some more I didn't catch the name of)Īs Qt for Android uses the LGPL version of Qt, and it's perfectly possible (and also recommended and supported) to dynamically link in the Qt libraries when creating an app - there are no problems for app developers using Qt for Android. This discussion revolved around licensing issues (if any) for app developers using the different mobile ports of Qt, mainly focusing on iOS and Android.
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