[didgetmaster]

It seems like Qt is trying to walk that 'license tightrope' that many tool makers do...how do you make your product affordable for small developers without making it possible for big businesses to pay you a pittance for helping them reap $millions or even $billions in product sales.

I would love to pay Qt a reasonable license fee once my product that uses it starts generating some decent revenues. I want them to succeed and keep building better versions. But I also don't want to have to shell out outrageous license fees when I am just getting started. This goes for any tool or library I choose to use.

[llornkcor]

Do you know about Qt for Small Business? https://www.qt.io/pricing/qt-for-small-business

[robomartin]

> Do you know about Qt for Small Business?

From the page:

"Your business has a combined revenue and funding equal to or less than two-hundred and fifty thousand ($250000) USD"

(revenue + funding) < 250000 ?

That's not a business, that's a hobby.

[kuschku]

If going by the wages Qt pays its own developers, which is competitive in Germany, that "hobby" as you call it would be able to finance 2-3 fulltime devs. That's a small business.