Hi,
@wolfgang959 said:
Can i use the opensource version of Qt Creator under the LGPL to make closed source software and sell it, as long as the Qt libraries are dynamically linked?
I presume you mean the LGPL version of Qt (the libraries), not Qt Creator (the IDE)? The Qt Company is happy with what you have described: http://www.qt.io/faq/
"The LGPL allows you to keep the source code of your application private as long as it is “work that uses” the library. Dynamic linking is usually recommended here."
Note: Nobody really knows the legal answer to this question from a broad LGPL point of view, because this has never been dealt with by the courts before.
If i use MinGW is anything i compile with it then restricted to the GPL
No. The tools are GPL, but your code doesn't have to be GPL.
If i use LLVM (not tried it yet but seems promising), will i have to compile Qt Creator, and the Qt framework with CLang(++) in order to then compile my Qt projects with CLang?
You don't have to compile Qt Creator.
You might have to compile Qt... I'm not sure, but I think the GCC version of Qt is compatible with clang.
i can then use the same setup of Qt creator/framework as well as the same compiler, meaning i then don't for instance use MSVC for windows and gcc for linux but can use LLVM for both.
Frankly, this has zero impact on my development workflow. I use MSVC on Windows and GCC on Linux, but my code can be shared between the two machines without any modifications, and the way I use Qt Creator is exactly the same on both machines.
