What other tools have people tried ? I’ve looked at Lazarus, Delphi, and now am peeking at one from RemObjects called “Fire” Bob’s also looked at some of these Delphi only runs on Windows :frowning: And after speaking with 3 different engineers at Embarcadero I understand why. Delphi is written u…

Thanks Eugene and Ivan for the enlightenment!

[image] ivan: *To use the free open source licence, your software must be opensourse too That is not true. You can absolutely use the free, open source LGPL-licensed version of Qt for closed-source commercial applications. I’d wager the majority of Qt applications are done precisely that way. …

I’ve used Qt/QML quite extensively the last three years. QML is a really nice framework for creating applications and the Qt framework provides a vast amount of features/functionality. However, some downsides include: The UI is entirely custom drawn, there are no native controls. Packaging/bu…

[image] Walter: The UI is entirely custom drawn, there are no native controls. This hast made much progress then ? Native look and feel Native look and feel

Nope. That research project never went anywhere. Qt’s C++ widgets are and always have been styled very closely to native controls, so much so that many users probably wouldn’t notice a difference, but they’re definitely not native. QML widgets have optional styling that sorta looks like native styli…

[image] Walter: That is not true. You can absolutely use the free, open source LGPL-licensed version of Qt for closed-source commercial applications. I’d wager the majority of Qt applications are done precisely that way. Sure, if you violate the licence agreemt you can do whatever. But what a…

It is not a violation of the license agreement. You are allowed to release a closed-source commercial application using Qt under its free open source LGPL license. Qt encourages it, documents it, and fully supports it. The page you screenshotted says that.

LGPL obligations clearly stated on the FAQ page https://www.qt.io/faq/ It seems there are bits that are either GPL or commercial and not LGPL [Screen Shot 2020-06-05 at 12.01.52 PM]

[image] Walter: You are allowed to release a closed-source commercial application using Qt under its free open source LGPL license. Qt encourages it, documents it, and fully supports it. The page you screenshotted says that. Maybe my english is worst than i thought but, reading the page I scr…

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ivan 5 June 2020 17:34 34

Sure, if you violate the licence agreemt you can do whatever. But what about the posible legal consequences?