Thread: Engadget: Nokia sells Qt licensing and services to Digia
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2011-03-07 , 19:12
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Originally Posted by zimon View Post
Explain please, why anyone would use Qt with commercial license when there is LGPL available?

Oh, ok, for WP-platform where OSS-license is forbidden.

Then, wait...why Nokia sold it? It doesn't believe itself either WP-ecosystem will ever be something?
The did not sell it. They just made a deal with Digia to run their licensing side of the business. Nokia still owns the Qt copy rights and trademarks. Also, remember that Qt is used on the desktop as well. Some companies may want the commercial license of Qt for that.
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