Hi,
we are aware of the issue:
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-23682

The context is that the installer build was changed for Qt, and somebody didn’t 
realize that this page doesn’t make sense for Qt Creator-only installers.

Br, Eike

> On Aug 18, 2020, at 16:06, Michael Jackson <mike.jack...@bluequartz.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> I just downloaded the installer for 4.13.0 from the snapshots directory from 
> download.qt.io. 
>  
> If I am downloading QtCreator to *use* to develop software *why* do I have to 
> agree to *any* of the GPL terms?
>  
> I’m not making changes to QtCreator.
> As far as QtCreator is concerned, it shouldn’t know or care what other 
> software frameworks that I am using.
> The obligations make it sound like I need to acknowledge Qt in *any* software 
> that I develop with QtCreator?
> These obligations make it sound as if the GPL license that QtCreator is 
> licensed under is infecting my own software?
> And why on Earth would the installer need my Company/Business name during 
> installation: It is bad enough that I need a QtAccount just to install the 
> software but now I have to provide even more information?
>  
> This seems like something is just getting “lost in translation”. What am I 
> missing?
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