[arinlen]

> But those projects should have the budget for a real license, so that's not a real issue.

You're missing the whole point.

It's irrelevant whether projects should have a budget or not.

The whole point is that there are plenty of alternatives that do not require thousands of dollars per year*developer, nor do require lawyers to audit releases.

[toyg]

As others said, there aren't that many alternatives that work as well as Qt in a crossplatform way or in the embedded space.

On the desktop you can go Electron, but you then pay penalties in performance that not everyone is willing to endure.

In the embedded space there is little or no alternative.

[varajelle]

There isn't so many alternatives that works so well in the embedded space. (in the kind of device where a web browser is not an option)

[detaro]

Now I'm curious what you think are the "plenty of alternatives" for embedded that are obviously a better choice.

[LtWorf]

Not if you also want decent performances