{"id":40686,"date":"2020-02-03T14:35:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/blog_prohoster\/qt-company-obyavila-o-izmenenii-modeli-liczenzirovaniya-frejmvorka-qt"},"modified":"2020-02-03T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:35:44","slug":"qt-company-obyavila-o-izmenenii-modeli-liczenzirovaniya-frejmvorka-qt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/qt-company-obyavila-o-izmenenii-modeli-liczenzirovaniya-frejmvorka-qt","title":{"rendered":"Qt Company announced a change in the licensing model of the Qt framework.","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Official Statement from Qt Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To support continuous growth necessary for maintaining Qt's relevance as a development platform, Qt Company believes it is essential to make some changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A Qt account will be required to install Qt binary files<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Long-term support (LTS) releases and offline installers will only be available for commercial licensees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A new Qt offering for startups and small businesses will be available for $499 per year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These changes will not affect existing commercial licenses.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Qt Account<\/h2>\n<p>Since the introduction of the Qt account, the number of registered Qt users has been steadily growing and now nearly reaches a million.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in February, everyone, including Qt users utilizing open-source versions, will need Qt accounts to download Qt binary packages. This is required to maximize the use of various services, and also to allow open-source users to help improve Qt in some way, whether through bug reports, forums, code reviews, or similar means. Currently, all of this is only accessible from the Qt account, so having one will become mandatory.<\/p>\n<p><noindex><noindex><\/p>\n<p>The Qt account also provides users access to <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qt.io\/marketplace\">Qt Marketplace<\/a>, which offers the ability to purchase and distribute plugins for the entire Qt ecosystem from a centralized platform.<\/p>\n<p><\/noindex><\/noindex><\/p>\n<p>This will also allow Qt Company to establish connections with commercial companies that primarily work with open-source versions of Qt.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the source code will still be available without a Qt account!<\/p>\n<h2>LTS versions and offline installers will become commercial<\/h2>\n<p>Starting with Qt 5.15, long-term support (LTS) will only be available for commercial versions. This means that users with the open-source version will receive patch versions 5.15 until the next additional release is available.<\/p>\n<p>Qt Company is making this change to encourage users with the open-source version to quickly adopt new versions. This helps establish the feedback that Qt Company can receive from the community and improves support for LTS versions.<\/p>\n<p>LTS releases are supported and operate for a longer period of time to ensure stability. This makes LTS releases an ideal choice for companies whose operations are based on a specific release and rely on it for an extended duration in accordance with expectations. Additional advantages include top-notch support, exclusive development tools, useful components, and build tools that reduce time to market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major releases outside of LTS versions, which include new features, technical reviews, and so on, will be available to all users.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The offline installer will also become exclusively commercial. It has been established that this feature is quite beneficial for companies, making commercial licenses more attractive for businesses without significantly inconveniencing users of the open-source version.<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Qt Company is committed to Open Source now and in the future, investing more in it than ever before. Qt Company believes that these changes are essential for their business model and the Qt ecosystem as a whole. The role of the community remains very important, and Qt Company wants to ensure that they can still invest in it. Qt Company intends to make the paid version of Qt more attractive to businesses while not depriving users of the free version of its core functionalities. Revenue from commercial licenses is used to enhance Qt for everyone, including users of the open-source versions. 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