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Re:What's New with Qt for Android by adev_ on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:23AM (#23323758)
> Either you use LGPL, which requires copyleft on bundled mobile apps (I believe)

LGPL never enforced any copyleft to something linked on it. This is a wrong, unfortunately common misconception.

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Re:What's New with Qt for Android by csdreamer7 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:57AM (#23324342)
> LGPL never enforced any copyleft to something linked on it. This is a wrong, unfortunately common misconception.

Please read my comment carefully. I never said 'linked'.

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Re:What's New with Qt for Android by adev_ on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:23PM (#23326647)
> Please read my comment carefully. I never said 'linked'.

"bundle" does not change anything, you still do not need copyleft on your app.

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