On 3/28/21 8:27 AM, Jason H wrote:
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.
They can't just change your contract/license.
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.
This is correct, there is no more perpetuity license. This will likely
be a sticking point for the company I am currently at.
It's a sticking point at every medical device and industrial
controls/SAFETY manufacturer I know about. The only projects still using
Qt started long ago.
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