QT plans to go anti-open source because of Coronavirus and need for profits | All future versions possibly delayed by 12 months for open source

[LAwLz]

14 hours ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Then again, it's no different from the updates happening 12 months later. Unless we are talking of patching security vulnerabilities, in which case staying unpatched once the vulnerability is known makes a difference, it doesn't really matter if a different, paid version exist, the free version will remain as good or as bad as it is.

And remember, this is only for the Qt framework.

Any problem such as security issues that exist in the programs themselves, not the framework, are completely unaffected by this since that would be patched in the program's original source code, not the Qt code.

 

Wanna know how many publicly known vulnerabilities that have been in Qt since 2007? 12.

It's less than 1 vulnerability a year on average, and none of them have been all that serious (5,3 in average CVE score for Qt vulnerabilities). The average CVE vulnerability is rated at a 6,6.

 

 

 

It's very important that people understand what Qt is and isn't right now. Qt is a framework. Just because the framework might not get updates for a year does not mean the rest of the program can't be updated.

[Mihle]

Just a question, how is the economy of the company? Do they already run profitably, and only want to  get even more profit, or do they not have profit and want to start having profit?

I would understand number two more than number one.

[LAwLz]

1 hour ago, Mihle said:

Just a question, how is the economy of the company? Do they already run profitably, and only want to  get even more profit, or do they not have profit and want to start having profit?

I would understand number two more than number one.

They went public in 2016 so we only have their financial records since then. All numbers are EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes)

2016 - 1.7 million euro loss.

2017 - 3.2 million euro loss.

2018 - 2.3 million euro loss.

 

So they are currently losing money every since year.

[Mihle]

30 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

They went public in 2016 so we only have their financial records since then. All numbers are EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes)

2016 - 1.7 million euro loss.

2017 - 3.2 million euro loss.

2018 - 2.3 million euro loss.

 

So they are currently losing money every since year.

Then I understand more why they want to do things to make more profit, not saying it's a good thing to do, I just understand it more than if they didn't loose money.