Even more detailed view : http://www.ics.com/blog/changes-qt-licensing

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Tone Kastlunger <users.giulie...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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/deve
>> lopment>
>> > >      <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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