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    Default Buy Qt License?

    Working on a software that uses Qt 5.x for GUI. Do I need to buy a commercial license before start selling my closed-source program?

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    Default Re: Buy Qt License?

    "It depends". In general if you require a commercial licence, you should acquire it before you start working on the software and not before you start selling it.
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    Default Re: Buy Qt License?

    Depends on what?

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    Depends on how you use Qt. Mainly if you are going to violate the LGPL licence or not.
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    Default Re: Buy Qt License?

    I know law can be a$$ and to avoid troubles is there any specialized lawyers or IT specialists to consult or even Digia to make sure I'm not violating their license?

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    Default Re: Buy Qt License?

    Rule of thumb: if you are shipping the unmodified Qt DLLs with your application you are fine with the LGPL license.

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