[SailfishDevel] QtLocation | Qt 5.6

[Slava Monich]

I'm not a lawyer but apparently something is fundamentally wrong with 
LGPLv3. This sounds similar to what I heard about it:

http://nmav.gnutls.org/2013/03/the-perils-of-lgplv3.html

-Slava


> Even more detailed view : http://www.ics.com/blog/changes-qt-licensing
>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Tone Kastlunger 
> <users.giulietta at gmail.com <mailto:users.giulietta at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Weird,
>     http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/licensing.html
>     <http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/licensing.html> from here only MIT /
>     BSD-Style licenses are mentioned.
>     Where's the issue there?
>
>     tortoisedoc
>
>     On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Rinigus <rinigus.git at gmail.com>
>     wrote:
>
>         Morning,
>
>         Slava, would you mind to check out which licensing terms
>         prevent QtLocation specifically? Or maybe someone else knows
>         specifics? Is there any hope that the situation would change
>         in future?
>
>         I wonder whether all platforms are hit by it or whether Ubuntu
>         Touch complies with the new terms and, as a result, has an
>         advantage when compared to SFOS in this case.
>
>         Best wishes,
>
>         Rinigus
>
>         On Tue Jan 3 10:20:55 2017 GMT+0100, Slava Monich wrote:
>         > As far as I understand, QtLocation license terms have
>         changed and that
>         > prevents it from being upgraded to 5.6 which is its first stable
>         > release. That's why it's not allowed and won't be allowed
>         even after the
>         > rest of Qt is upgraded to 5.6.
>         >
>         > Qt 5.6 is coming with the next update. Those modules that
>         can't be
>         > upgraded due to licensing restrictions will stay at 5.2.
>         >
>         > Cheers,
>         > -Slava
>         >
>         >
>         > > Hello Sailors!
>         > >
>         > > As I already told you, I am working on the Berlin Vegan
>         guide for SailfishOS:
>         > >
>         > >     
>         <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/tree/development
>         <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/tree/development>>
>         > >      <https://openrepos.net/content/micuintus/berlin-vegan
>         <https://openrepos.net/content/micuintus/berlin-vegan>>
>         > >
>         > > Recently, I added a map feature to the app:
>         > >
>         > >     
>         <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/issues/41
>         <https://github.com/micuintus/harbour-Berlin-Vegan/issues/41>>
>         > >
>         > > But to my astonishment, I realized that using QtLocation
>         is currently rejected
>         > > by the Harbour RPM validator:
>         > >
>         > >> Requires
>         > >> ========
>         > >> ERROR [libQt5Location.so.5] Cannot require shared library:
>         > >> 'libQt5Location.so.5' ERROR [qt5-plugin-geoservices-osm]
>         Dependency not
>         > >> allowed
>         > >> ERROR [qt5-qtdeclarative-import-location] Dependency not
>         allowed
>         > >> ERROR [qt5-qtlocation] Dependency not allowed
>         > > Can you tell me why?
>         > >
>         > > QtLocation is listed to be available here
>         > >
>         > >      <https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Qt
>         <https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Qt>>
>         > >
>         > > and, apart from that, AFAIK Jolla was one of the main
>         contributors to the
>         > > QtLocation module.
>         > >
>         > >
>         > >
>         > > Furthermore, I noticed that some features of the QML Map
>         object seem to be
>         > > broken or missing at the moment:
>         > >
>         > >      * fitViewportToMapItems() does not have an effect
>         > >      * 'preventStealing' is not available
>         > >      * etc.
>         > >
>         > > Will these features be available and work once Qt is
>         updated to 5.6?
>         > > Will QtLocation be allowed for harbour store apps
>         > > once Qt 5.6 is (officially) available for Sailfish?
>         > >
>         > > And when can I expect Qt 5.6 to be released for SailfishOS? ;)
>         > >
>         > > Cheers,
>         > > micu
>         > >
>         > > PS: Happy new year to everyone!
>         >
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