Thanks Konstantin. The wording of exception 2 is a bit ambiguous, but I asked a lawyer who said that according to his interpretation it covers my case.
I was hoping in an official answer from someone from the Qt company, but this will do it for now. On 23 January 2018 at 14:45, Konstantin Tokarev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 23.01.2018, 13:10, "Davide Coppola" <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > > > is there any restriction on licensing plugins for Qt Creator? > > > > Do plugins need to comply to any specific open-source license? > > > > Can they be released as closed source (lib only)? > > Qt Creator is currently licensed as GPLv3, however there are exceptions > > http://code.qt.io/cgit/qt-creator/qt-creator.git/tree/LICENSE.GPL3-EXCEPT > > Second exceptions gives you permission to distiribute combined work > consisting of Qt Creator and your binary-only plugins as long as you share > modifications that you've made in Qt Creator's code. Please read original > license text, and also you may want to consult lawyer. > > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Davide Coppola > > > > email: [email protected] > > website: http://www.davidecoppola.com > > blog: http://blog.davidecoppola.com > > > > , > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qt-creator mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > > > -- > Regards, > Konstantin > -- *Davide Coppola* *email:* [email protected] *website:* http://www.davidecoppola.com *blog:* http://blog.davidecoppola.com <http://plus.google.com/+DavideCoppola> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidecoppola> <http://www.twitter.com/vivaladav>
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