On 3/26/21 1:39 PM, Jason H wrote:
Thiago, apparently, even with a commercial license, we no longer have rights
to use whatever versions were current when we had the license. Previously, we
could use
it in perpetuity. This is probably a deal breaker at my new organization. It is
my
understanding that after our software development is done, we have to maintain
commercial licenses even when we are not_developing_ software in Qt. I think
the previous
perpetuity licensing was appropriate.
**Seriously**
They are trying to end a 5.x perpetuity license that was already bought
and paid for? Nah. Can't be. I know a customer that paid north of $600K
for such a license and the device isn't yet out the door. They happen to
have a lot of lawyers too. I can't believe they would take that lying down.
What I "thought" was said was you could no longer obtain such a license.
I don't agree with that, but that policy doesn't place QtC in legal
jepordy because the license change only impacts new product.
I'm not a lawyer, but if you bought a license, they (QtC) can't just
arbitrarily end said license. Companies will be suing for return of
license fees and for damages.
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