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Fnoord on Oct 4, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dual licensing GPL for fame and profit

I know Qt changed ownership (including being bought by Nokia). Qt Group for sure did not pioneer it as they didn't exist in the 90s. Not the same company as TrollTech.

Were they the first with dual licensing FOSS and proprietary though?

phonon on Oct 4, 2020 [–]

> Not the same company as TrollTech.

Yes it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Qt_Company

Fnoord on Oct 4, 2020 | [–]

Seems like it, legally. I stand corrected.

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