Weird,
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/licensing.html from here only MIT / BSD-Style
licenses are mentioned.
Where's the issue there?

tortoisedoc

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Rinigus <rinigus....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Morning,
>
> Slava, would you mind to check out which licensing terms prevent
> QtLocation specifically? Or maybe someone else knows specifics? Is there
> any hope that the situation would change in future?
>
> I wonder whether all platforms are hit by it or whether Ubuntu Touch
> complies with the new terms and, as a result, has an advantage when
> compared to SFOS in this case.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Rinigus
>
> On Tue Jan 3 10:20:55 2017 GMT+0100, Slava Monich wrote:
> > As far as I understand, QtLocation license terms have changed and that
> > prevents it from being upgraded to 5.6 which is its first stable
> > release. That's why it's not allowed and won't be allowed even after the
> > rest of Qt is upgraded to 5.6.
> >
> > Qt 5.6 is coming with the next update. Those modules that can't be
> > upgraded due to licensing restrictions will stay at 5.2.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Slava
> >
> >
> > > Hello Sailors!
> > >
> > > As I already told you, I am working on the Berlin Vegan guide for
> SailfishOS:
> > >
> > >      <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/tree/
> development>
> > >      <https://openrepos.net/content/micuintus/berlin-vegan>
> > >
> > > Recently, I added a map feature to the app:
> > >
> > >      <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/issues/41>
> > >
> > > But to my astonishment, I realized that using QtLocation is currently
> rejected
> > > by the Harbour RPM validator:
> > >
> > >> Requires
> > >> ========
> > >> ERROR [libQt5Location.so.5] Cannot require shared library:
> > >> 'libQt5Location.so.5' ERROR [qt5-plugin-geoservices-osm] Dependency
> not
> > >> allowed
> > >> ERROR [qt5-qtdeclarative-import-location] Dependency not allowed
> > >> ERROR [qt5-qtlocation] Dependency not allowed
> > > Can you tell me why?
> > >
> > > QtLocation is listed to be available here
> > >
> > >      <https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Qt>
> > >
> > > and, apart from that, AFAIK Jolla was one of the main contributors to
> the
> > > QtLocation module.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Furthermore, I noticed that some features of the QML Map object seem
> to be
> > > broken or missing at the moment:
> > >
> > >      * fitViewportToMapItems() does not have an effect
> > >      * 'preventStealing' is not available
> > >      * etc.
> > >
> > > Will these features be available and work once Qt is updated to 5.6?
> > > Will QtLocation be allowed for harbour store apps
> > > once Qt 5.6 is (officially) available for Sailfish?
> > >
> > > And when can I expect Qt 5.6 to be released for SailfishOS? ;)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > micu
> > >
> > > PS: Happy new year to everyone!
> >
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