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    SteMMo
    wrote on 24 Nov 2022, 15:01 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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    • S SteMMo
      24 Nov 2022, 15:01

      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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      JonB
      wrote on 24 Nov 2022, 16:15 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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      • S SteMMo
        24 Nov 2022, 15:01

        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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        jsulm
        Lifetime Qt Champion
        wrote on 25 Nov 2022, 06:40 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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          25 Nov 2022, 06:40

          @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!

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          SteMMo
          wrote on 29 Nov 2022, 14:22 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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          • S SteMMo
            29 Nov 2022, 14:22

            @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 29 Nov 2022, 14:34 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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