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		nottorp on June 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I made a tiny camera with super long batt... Can he afford Qt? He'd need a lawyer on retainer.

LorenDB on June 4, 2024 [–]

If the app is opensource, Qt is 100% free under GPLv3.

detaro on June 4, 2024 | [–]

Most of it is LGPL, so the app doesn't even need to be open-source and on desktop compliance is quite easy.

nottorp on June 4, 2024 | | [–]

Technically, you're correct.

I just don't like being threatened on their download page.

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