Opensource license for Embedded devices
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wrote on 14 Feb 2022, 14:25 last edited by
Hi,
I want to develop an application for embedded devices on the Linux operating system, but it is not clear to me how the qt license works.
Can I develop an application with the Qt 6 opensource license for embedded devices on the Linux operating system without publishing the source code? These embedded devices are for marketing with customers of a business.
If so, how can I do it? What limitations do I have?
Regards!!!
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Hi and welcome to devnet,
WARNING: I am not a lawyer.
That's a question you shall bring to the Qt Company and or a lawyer.
The GPL state that you have to provide your code on demand.
The LGPL state that you can keep your own code to yourself but you have to publish any and all modifications you may have done to the LGPL dependencies you use.
Then your device users shall be able to switch out the libraries you used to replace with their own if they want to.
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