Once upon a time, Qt was very simple to understand. There was essentially only one flavor of Qt, and your only real choice was whether you open-sourced the code you wrote so you could use the free, GPL version, or whether you wanted to keep the code to yourself and buy a commercial license. As Qt has grown, the choices and options available have also grown.
In this chapter, we will look at the application spaces that Qt is used in, the difference between the (L)GPL and commercial versions, the various flavors of commercial versions, and some of the extra tools that are available with Qt.
The topics covered in this chapter are as follows:
- Microcontrollers to embedded desktop PCs
- Qt licensing
- Qt's options for embedded development
When you are done reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
- Understand the types of embedded system...
