[agl-discussions] Qt Open Source License Change

[Holländer Petteri]

Hello Dear AGL-enthusiasts,

The Qt Company announced on January 13th that the Open Source licensing of Qt will change from Qt 5.7 onwards.

In a nutshell what is happening:

-          The core Qt framework will be licensed under commercial, LGPLv3 and GPLv2 licenses (dropping the LGPLv2.1)

-          Qt tooling will be licensed under commercial and GPLv3 licenses

-          More platforms and features (that were previously licensed under commercial only) will be available under Open Source Licenses

-          Commercial licensing does not change

You can read the full announcement here: http://www.qt.io/qt-news/qt-open-source-licensing-changed-product-structure-updated-strengthen-community-extend-adoption/
Related blog post with more details: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/01/13/new-agreement-with-the-kde-free-qt-foundation/

To be sure that you understand what is going on and have a chance to ask questions, we have arranged two WebEx-sessions (with different time zones in mind) for Thursday January 28th. Please register to the event now if you plan to attend.

Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:00 am, Europe Time (Berlin, GMT+01:00)
Event number: 952 563 755
Event password: qtwebinar
Event address for attendees: https://qt-digia.webex.com/qt-digia/onstage/g.php?MTID=e870b8c8b6a8d9c2d70a2c730d195a334

Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:00 am, Pacific Standard Time (San Francisco, GMT-08:00)
Event number: 952 557 589
Event password: qtwebinar
Event address for attendees: https://qt-digia.webex.com/qt-digia/onstage/g.php?MTID=eda568ab1dc20746f4d3fe62228af9b3e

You are welcome to join either of these sessions!

In case you cannot join the webinar live, you can still register and receive the webinar recording afterwards via a follow-up e-mail.

Best regards,
Petteri Holländer

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Petteri Holländer
Head of Product Management

The Qt Company
Valimotie 21, 00380 Helsinki, Finland
Email: petteri.hollander at theqtcompany.com<mailto:petteri.hollander at theqtcompany.com>
Phone: +358 40 515 8545
Twitter: @QtByDigia, @QtProject, @petteri_qt

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