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Qt 5.12.7 Released

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I am happy to announce we have released Qt 5.12.7 today.

The Qt 5.12 LTS is in 'strict' phase, so it will receive only the selected important bug and security fixes. This 7th patch release for Qt 5.12 LTS series contains almost 50 bug fixes including security issue fixes for both Qt ( CVE-2020-0569 and CVE-2020-0570) and 3rd party components (CVE-2019-19244, CVE-2019-19603, CVE-2019-19242, CVE-2019-19645, CVE-2019-19646 & CVE-2019-19880). Also in QtWebEngine there are many CVE fixes from Chromium. Please check other most important changes from Qt 5.12.7 Changes Files.

Qt 5.12.7 is now available via the maintenance tool of the online installer. For new installations, please download latest online installer from Qt Account portal or from qt.io Download page. Offline packages are available for commercial users in the Qt Account portal and at the qt.io Download page for open-source users. You can also try out the Commercial evaluation option from the qt.io Download page.

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Qt makes LTS releases commercial-only and accounts mandatory

  • Qt makes LTS releases commercial-only and accounts mandatory for binaries (again)

    The Qt Company, purveyor of the Qt C++ framework for GUI and cross-application development, has unveiled changes to its offering that don’t bode especially well for open source users.

    In a bid to get more users to switch to a commercial Qt license, the company has decided to make long term support releases available to paying customers only. The same goes for the offline installer the project offers. According to The Qt Company, it is “making this change to encourage open-source users to quickly adopt new versions”. It also hopes the move will “make the paid version of Qt more attractive to businesses” and “maximize the feedback we can get from the community”.

    The feedback on those particular changes came back rather promptly, showing the Qt community rather miffed about the move. While many get that revenue is needed to make the project grow, an often voiced concern is down to another change: starting February, a general Qt account will be needed to download Qt binary packages. Source packages will stay available to all.

Use our stuff for free and sell your application? That's Qt.

  • Use our stuff for free and sell your application? That's Qt. Time to give something back

    The Qt Group is making changes to the terms under which its popular open-source Qt library is available to encourage more commercial licensees and a higher level of contribution from users.

    Qt is a cross-platform C++ framework with official bindings for Python as well as community support for many other languages. It is suitable for embedded, mobile and desktop applications, and the company provides design tools (with support for the QML language for defining a user interface) and an IDE that runs on Windows, Linux and macOS.

    It has several commercial and open-source licences: LGPL3, GPL2 and GPL3. As with many businesses based on open-source projects, it sounds as if the company is experimenting to find the right balance between the open-source ethos and what is best for business. Petteri Holländer, senior veep of product management, has posted about the changes.

Less Love for FOSS Qt Users

  • Less Love for FOSS Qt Users

    A Qt account is mandatory to download binary Qt packages. The offline installer is not available to FOSS users any more.

    LTS (long-term support) releases are not available to FOSS users, once the next minor or major release is out.

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