Qt goes "commercial only! - what now?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Thursday, 7 January 2021 08:52:12 -03 Mathias Homann wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 7. Januar 2021, 11:01:23 CET schrieb David Edmundson:
> > From a user point of view, there will be no impact.
> 
> are you sure? To me it sounds as if only commercial "licensees" will have
> access to the latest sources and/or security fixes, which also won't get
> backported anymore...

Let me be very clear so there's no mistake: all security issues will be dealt 
with in all branches, to the extent that we are able to reproduce them and 
confirm them. We usually identify down to the point release where security 
issues apply and will continue to do so.

All non-security fixes will be available in later branches, per Qt Project 
policy. Non-commercial users will simply not see them backported (and thus 
adjusted, if necessary) to the older versions. That unfortunately also means 
we won't know which commits will be selected for backporting.

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