The problem, that Qt is now owned by Nokia

To your agreement at
http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/kdefreeqt_announcement.php
and
http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/kdefreeqt_announcement_20040723.php

it is time, to make  Qt BSD-licensed.

"Should  Troll Tech ever discontinue the Qt Free Edition for any rea-
  son including, but not limited to, a buy-out of Troll Tech, a merger
  or  bankruptcy,  the  latest  version of the Qt Free Edition will be
  released under the BSD license."

That is now true. TrollTech as it no longer exists. It is now Nokia.


"Furthermore, should Troll Tech cease continued development of Qt, as
  assessed  by  a  majority  of  the  KDE  Free Qt Foundation, and not
  release a new version at least every 12 months, the  Foundation  has
  the right to release the Qt Free Edition under the BSD License."

Which release? Only the last version or every version?
If Nokia is really the follower of Trolltech, what is, if Nokia creates an Qt 5.0, which is slimmed down to something like FLTK 1.0  ?
After that you can decide, that Qt 5 will be BSD-licensed. But then only the ugly Qt5 is BSD-licensed, not Qt4.

Additional there existing the possibility for Nokia to make mini-changes.
Let every year one developer making on one hour minor changes, to have a new version to publish.
In 30 years Qt4 is too old for any modern use.
So Nokia have only to pay one developer for 30 hours.


But I am not sure, if Nokia is  really also the legal follower of the agreement. They have buyed  Qt and Trolltech, but not the agreement.


Greatings
theuserbl


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