Nokia to Add LGPL to Qt Licensing Model
Nokia today announced that its Qt cross-platform user interface (UI) and application framework for desktop and embedded platforms will be available under the open source LGPL version 2.1 license from the release of Qt 4.5, scheduled for March 2009. In addition:
- Qt source code repositories will be made publicly available and will encourage contributions from desktop and embedded developer communities.
- Service offerings for Qt will be expanded to ensure that all Qt development
projects can have access to the same levels of support, independent of the selected
license.
Read the complete announcement
Why LGPL?
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Hear from Vice President Nokia, Application Services and Frameworks Sebastian Nyström and Trolltech Co-Founder Eirik Chambe-Eng what adding the LGPL means for Qt. |
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A letter to our customers...
Nokia is pleased to announce that with the release of Qt 4.5 you
will be able to use Qt under the Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
version 2.1 terms. When released in March 2009, Qt will be made
available under three licensing options: Commercial, LGPL and GPL. |
A letter to the community...Qt will be licensed under the terms of the LGPL version 2.1 with the upcoming Qt 4.5 release, in addition to our standard GPL and commercial licenses, and we'll be opening up the Qt source code repository and also make it easier for the community to contribute to Qt. |
