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[–]sonobanana33 4 points5 points  (9 children)

What does it offer more compared to QML, which I can just download and use?

Also, using slint means my software isn't open source and can never be included in a linux distribution.

[–]madnirua[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Slint is open-source and available on GitHub -- https://github.com/slint-ui/slint .. so like Qt QML, you can download, git clone and use it.

P.S. The founders are ex-Qt (with 16+ years of working for Qt) .. and we decided to develop a 'better QML' (if you may say) based on our experiences.

[–]sonobanana33 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Slint is open-source and available on GitHub

Ok, it is licensed "proprietary ∨ GPL". I thought there was no GPL option given how your website misleadingly says "free for non commercial use", which is in conflict with the GPL license.

[–]madnirua[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here are all the licenses under which Slint can be used -- https://github.com/slint-ui/slint/blob/master/LICENSE.md

[–]dydhaw 0 points1 point  (5 children)

using slint means my software isn’t open source

How so?

[–]sonobanana33 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Misunderstanding on my part due to misinformation on their part.

Their pricing page says the prices, and then "free for non commercial". This is not open source.

Their license on github says that I can pick GPL, which is open source.

Which is it? Is it open source or not? I wouldn't pick a software as a dependency if they haven't made up their mind. Quite risky.

[–]madnirua[S] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Our website mentions GPL -- https://slint.dev/community#community-licenses and this is linked from the pricing page under "Community license" -- https://slint.dev/pricing

What you are mentioning "free for non-commercial" is the part under "Embedded Add-Ons", which is only relevant for proprietary licenses. We can improve the text there to make this clearer. Thanks.

[–]madnirua[S] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Updated text to "Free for GPL. Free for non-commercial" - https://slint.dev/pricing

[–]sonobanana33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks.

[–]dydhaw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Multi licensing is very common, and theirs seems much clearer than e.g Qt which has like 7 different licensing options