> On 12/09/2017 08:21 AM, Oliver Niebuhr wrote: > >> I already contacted Digia directly and asked them this and other >> Questions. Also gave those and more Details. But the only answer after a >> few weeks was: "Thanks for contacting us. Please tell us what License >> you want to buy" etc. They seem to hate the Open Source Community as >> they never answer anything but instead you get contacted by a Sales >> Person. So they are not helpful at all. At least from my experience. > > Oliver, > > That has been the experience of EVERY ONE of my clients. When > they contact Digia to ask about what is and is not OpenSource > sales calls back to tell them even "Hello World" needs a > commercial license. So, rather than be a legitimate player in the > OpenSource world, they attempt to be extortionists. > > One thing I have found rather impressive. When your client has a > very significant law firm ask the EXACT question, words and all, > suddenly sales responds "Go with God my child. You have my > blessing."
Sales are there to sale stuff. Not to provide you free consultations about Open Source software, its licensing, etc. For these things you should use different communication channels: mailing lists and IRC. (Also, if someone has little experience with open source, but is not limited in money, bying commercial license is indeed might be an adequate solution) > > Adding insult to injury, when a noob happens upon the Qt Web > site, it is almost impossible for them to find and download the > OpenSource version. Yes, people on here have saved the links and > pass them around, but go there with the eyes of a noob and try to > find the OpenSource version without filling out some form asking > for as much personal information as Google gathers on everyone > daily... That's a shame indeed. Redirecting people one by one to http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/ doesn't scale well. > > Oh, Oliver. The answer to your question depends on the size and > reputation of the lawyers you have asking it. You, me and everyone > else will all have sales continue telling us even "Hello World" > needs a commercial license. > > -- > Roland Hughes, President > Logikal Solutions > (630)-205-1593 > > http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com > http://www.infiniteexposure.net > http://www.johnsmith-book.com > http://www.logikalblog.com > http://www.interestingauthors.com/blog > http://lesedi.us/ > http://onedollarcontentstore.com -- Regards, Konstantin _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest