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  • SteMMoS Offline
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    SteMMo
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    Hi all,
    sorry for my dumb questions but I'm in a trouble to understand the needed licensees.
    To maximum simplification:

    Case 1
    Qt application with widgets and serial port

    Case 2
    Qt application with QML and serial port.

    Both of them are commercial applications without the share of the application code.
    Libraries are standard QT 5.15.
    Which licenses I need to develop and deploy them?

    Thanks!

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    • SteMMoS SteMMo

      Hi all,
      sorry for my dumb questions but I'm in a trouble to understand the needed licensees.
      To maximum simplification:

      Case 1
      Qt application with widgets and serial port

      Case 2
      Qt application with QML and serial port.

      Both of them are commercial applications without the share of the application code.
      Libraries are standard QT 5.15.
      Which licenses I need to develop and deploy them?

      Thanks!

      JonBJ Offline
      JonBJ Offline
      JonB
      wrote on last edited by
      #2

      @SteMMo said in Applications licenses:

      Both of them are commercial applications without the share of the application code.

      So you need to ask The Qt Company about your commercial licences. This is a user forum.

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      • SteMMoS SteMMo

        Hi all,
        sorry for my dumb questions but I'm in a trouble to understand the needed licensees.
        To maximum simplification:

        Case 1
        Qt application with widgets and serial port

        Case 2
        Qt application with QML and serial port.

        Both of them are commercial applications without the share of the application code.
        Libraries are standard QT 5.15.
        Which licenses I need to develop and deploy them?

        Thanks!

        jsulmJ Offline
        jsulmJ Offline
        jsulm
        Lifetime Qt Champion
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        @SteMMo As long as you only use LGPL licensed Qt Modules and you do not change Qt code and you do not link Qt libraries statically you do not need commercial license.
        But keep in mind: I'm not a lawyer! It is always better to ask a lawyer and/or QtCompany!

        https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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        • jsulmJ jsulm

          @SteMMo As long as you only use LGPL licensed Qt Modules and you do not change Qt code and you do not link Qt libraries statically you do not need commercial license.
          But keep in mind: I'm not a lawyer! It is always better to ask a lawyer and/or QtCompany!

          SteMMoS Offline
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          SteMMo
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          @jsulm Thanks a lot.
          This is also my understanding.
          But: what about if the application will run on an embedded board and this board is sold on a vending machine?

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          • SteMMoS SteMMo

            @jsulm Thanks a lot.
            This is also my understanding.
            But: what about if the application will run on an embedded board and this board is sold on a vending machine?

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            jsulm
            Lifetime Qt Champion
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            @SteMMo Wheter you ask for money or not does not matter. What matters is whether you fulfill the OSS licenses. There are some things many OSS licenses ask you to do:

            • Provide licenses texts in some form, so the user can see which OSS licenses are used
            • Give the user possibility to exchange OSS libraries with own versions (this one can be tricky with embedded boards)

            If in doubt you should ask a lawyer and/or QtCompany.

            https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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