Re:Flutter on desktop, a real competitor to Electron
by detaro on Sunday December 02, 2018 @08:26AM
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> QT is either GPL which is viral i.e. you have to open source your software under the same license,
it is not.
Re:Flutter on desktop, a real competitor to Electron
by Const-me on Sunday December 02, 2018 @08:48AM
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Technically, LGPL option allows using in proprietary software. Practically, static linking is often better e.g. makes executable much smaller. And even with dynamic linking, see this note from https://blog.qt.io/blog/2009/11/30/qt-making-the-right-licen...
> If you are shipping an executable, you must include any data and utility programs needed for reproducing the executable (i.e. must provide components needed to recompile with a new version of the library) unless such data and utility programs are normally distributed with the major components of the operating system on which the executable runs
For developers of proprietary software, flutter’s BSD 3 clause license is way easier to comply.
QT is either GPL which is viral i.e. you have to open source your software under the same license, or quite expensive. Even if you’re working on open source GPL software, free QT edition has less features, esp. on embedded.