Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Jan 2009 09:54 UTC, submitted by Almar
After Nokia purchsed Trolltech last year, doubts arose about how Nokia would handle the dual licensing model of Qt, the advanced cross-platform toolkit which lies at the base of the KDE Free software desktop. As it turns out, these doubts were unfounded, as Nokia today announced it's going to add the LGPL to Qt's licensing model, starting with Qt 4.5.
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From QTsoftware FAQ:
Will there be different support and services available depending upon the license model chosen?
We want to ensure that our customers are successful, regardless of the license they choose. Therefore we will offer technical support and additional services as stand alone products for those who require them.
So support which is usually a good reason, isn't dependant on the commercial license.
And I don't see a lot of reasons why anyone would want to change the Qt base directly instead of just adding functionality on top through inheritance, layering, etc.