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Nokia to Sell Qt Commercial Licensing and Services to Digia
pkrass | 07 March, 2011 21:23
Digia Plc. has agreed to acquire Nokia’s Qt commercial licensing and services business. The proposed acquisition, scheduled to close by the end of this month, will transfer some 3,500 desktop and embedded commercial customers to Digia.
Qt will continue to be offered by Nokia as the sole application development framework for both Symbian and MeeGo, both of which are supported through LGPL (Lesser General Public License), not Commercial licensing. Nokia’s first MeeGo devices, which will run Qt apps, are expected later this year. What’s more, Nokia previously announced its plans to sell another 150 million Symbian smartphones, further extending the opportunity for mobile application developers on Qt and creating a large, continuing opportunity for developers to reach mobile consumers worldwide. Nokia currently has an installed base of approximately 75 million Qt-capable, touch-enabled Symbian smartphones.
In short, Nokia’s continued commitment to Qt is not affected by this proposed change, and Nokia will continue to invest in developing Qt for the benefit of both Commercial and LGPL customers.
Learn more about Nokia's proposed sale of Qt commercial licensing and services.
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Re: Nokia to Sell Qt Commercial Licensing and Services to Digia
marcioandreyoliveira | 07/03/2011, 23:48
I agree with cmgeorge. That's the end of Nokia QT. It is hard to think developing for Nokia devices these days.
Clarification on the Digia news...
anthony.fabbricino@nokia.com | 08/03/2011, 02:34
The purpose of this blog post was to explain that there is no impact to Nokia's offering Qt on mobile devices. Sorry that it wasnt that clear. Digia is acquiring the commercial side of Qt (those customers buidling industrial products in over 70 industries). Because Qt for Symbian and MeeGo is distributed under LGPL license, then Nokia will continue to distribute Qt on devices.
Symbian and Qt going down
hindermath | 09/03/2011, 09:19
I agree with the 2 others, anthony, as an developer for mobile devices, I'm devloping at now only in JavaME or in Cocoa touch. I'm a Nokia and Symbian OS fan. But this strategy to change OS to WP7 and unclarity for developers, what framework programming with let me think too - that's the end of Symbian OS and Qt.
Re: Symbian and Qt going down
tipul07 | 16/03/2011, 14:01
Small correction here...
Symbian OS is indeed going down (killed by Nokia), but Qt was and is developed long time ago it was a development framework for Symbian and it will continue to work.
Andy
Re: Nokia to Sell Qt Commercial Licensing and Services to Digia
cmgeorge | 07/03/2011, 22:27
Ok, it's clear. This is the end of Nokia Qt... looking forward for the future of Qt, XXXX (Company) Qt.