Qt 5.15: what's next?

Does this change anything?

https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2025-April/046313.html

Re: I believe part of the problem with QT>5.6 was that the QT Wayland functionality was licensed separately.

Looks like from a packaging standpoint at least that it is being rolled back into QT core.

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AFAICS the licensing of the Qt Wayland QPA plugin is unchanged, it is simply moved into the Qt Base source tree, technically.

Actually, I am convinced that the Qt company chooses their licensing (i.e. available licenses, specifically Qt components which are dual licensed (i.e. at each direct licensee’s choice) either *GPL3 or proprietary) for the various Qt components very skilled, both legally and by the practical effects the specific licensing for a Qt component achieves. As their success (revenue, company growth etc.) proves them right, I do not believe they have any reason to deviate from their established licensing schemes.

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thanks for the detail, much appreciated. :slight_smile:

never heard much of qt company. they do well ?

Q4 net sales grew 15.5% to €68.5 million