Open-source contributors say they'll pull out of Qt as LTS release goes commercial-only

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 6, 2021 8:21 AM EDT
The Register; By Tim Anderson
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The Qt Company has followed up on its plan to make long-term support releases commercial-only by closing the source for 5.15 today, earning protests from open-source contributors who say that the 6.0 release, which remains open, is not yet usable. Qt is a cross-platform application framework available both under open-source and commercial licences. It was around one year ago that the Qt Company stated its plan to make LTS releases commercial-only, along with some other changes designed to encourage open-source users either to contribute to the project or buy a commercial licence.

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