License Changes

Changes in Qt and Third Party Modules released with Qt that are relevant to licensing.

Qt 6.9.1

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 11.2.1.
• LibPNG was updated to version 1.6.48.

Qt Quick3D module

• Tiny OpenEXR was updated to version v1.0.12.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.49.2.

Qt 6.9.0

Qt Core module

• Gradle wrapper was updated to version 8.12.

Qt GUI module

• Usage of Emoji Segmenter, version 0.4.0, is now documented.
• Usage of IAccessible2 IDL Specification was removed. li Vulkan Memory Allocator was updated to version 3.1.0.

Qt OpcUA module

• Open62541 was updated to version 1.4.9.

Qt Quick3D module

• Usage of OpenXR SDK was updated to version 1.1.42.

Qt Shadertools module

• glslang was updated to version 15.1.0.
• SPIRV-Cross was updated to version ebe2aa0cd80f5eb5cd8a605da604cacf72205f3b.

Qt Wayland Compositor module

• Usage of Wayland KDE DBus Menu Protocol version 1 under LGPL 2.1 or later license is now documented.
• Usage of Wlr Data Control Unstable V1 Protocol version 2 under MIT license is now documented.
• Usage of Wayland XDG System Bell Protocol version 1.18 under MIT license is now documented.
• Usage of Wayland xdg-toplevel-icon Protocol version 1 under MIT license is now documented.
• Wayland Protocol was updated to version 1.23.0

Qt 6.8.3

Qt Core Module

• Updated Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) to v46.1.
• Unicode Character Database (UCD) was updated to version 34.
• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.45.
• PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.45.
• TinyCBOR was updated to version 0.6.1.

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 10.4.0.
• LibPNG was updated to version 1.6.47.

Qt Network module

• The Public Suffix List was updated to the commit matching the sha 47264b57765919188b9f4144de8d95cf77e1b6dc, on 2025-01-22.

Qt GRPC module

• Usage of protobuf-tests, version 21.9, is now documented.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.49.1.

Qt Testlib Module

• Updated Valgrind to version 3.24.0.
• Updated Linux Performance Events to version 6.13.

Qt 6.8.2

Qt Core Module

• BLAKE2 (reference implementation) was updated to version ed1974ea83433eba7b2d95c5dcd9ac33cb847913.
• Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) was updated to version 46.

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 10.2.0.
• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 3.1.0.
• LibPNG was updated to version 1.6.45.

Qt Image Formats

• WebP (libwebp) was updated to version 1.5.0.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.48.0.

Qt 6.8.1

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 10.1.0.
• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 3.0.4.

Qt Image Formats

• TIFF Software Distribution (libtiff) was updated to version 4.7.0.

Qt Multimedia Module

• FFmpeg was updated to version 7.1.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.47.0.

Qt 6.8.0

Qt Testlib Module

• Updated Valgrind to version 3.23.0.

Qt 6.7.3

Qt 3D Module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to version 5.4.3.
• Dear ImGui was updated to version 1.91.0.

Qt Quick3D module

Qt Assistant Module

• litehtml was updated to version 0.9.

Qt Core Module

• Gradle wrapper was updated to version 8.10.
• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.44.
• PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.44.
• Usage of Apache Tika MimeType Definitions is now documented.
• Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) was updated to version 45.

Qt GUI Module

• Freetype 2 was updated to version 2.13.3.
• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 9.0.0.
• LibPNG was updated to version 1.6.44.

• The Public Suffix List was updated to the commit matching the sha 903a83ff7bfc3148e3692e09396f9f3bdc9462ef, on 2024-06-05.

Qt Multimedia Module

• FFmpeg was updated to version 7.0.2.

Qt OpcUA Module

• Open62541 was updated to version 1.3.11.

Qt Positioning Module

• Poly2Tri Polygon Triangulation Library was updated to commit a922022da4c0d3a55b1d6b6d634219caea653053.

Qt Quick3D module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to version 5.4.3.
• Usage of OpenXR SDK is now documented.
• Usage of JsonCpp is now documented.
• Usage of Java Native Interface for C++ is now documented.
• Tiny OpenEXR was updated to version v1.0.9.

Qt Shadertools Module

• glslang was updated to version 14.2.0.
• SPIRV-Cross was updated to version 2d990d355a296ae1e368585810f884ebadcc4773.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.46.1.

Qt Testlib Module

• Cycle was updated to version 3.3.10.
• Linux Performance Events was updated to version 6.0.

Qt 6.7.2

Qt 3D Module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to version 5.4.1.
• Usage of Miramar Skybox Textures was removed.
• Usage of Substance Share was removed.

Qt Quick3D module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to version 5.4.1.

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 8.5.0.
• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 3.0.3.

Qt Sensors Module

• Usage of Android getRotationMatrix and getOrientation is now documented.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.46.0.

Qt 6.7.1

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 8.4.0.

Qt Image Formats

• WebP (libwebp) was updated to version 1.4.0.

Qt Quick3D module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to version 5.4.0.

Qt Spatial Audio Module

• pffft was updated to version fbc4058602803f40dc554b8a5d2bcc694c005f2f.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.45.3.

Qt 6.7.0

Qt Doc Module

• Usage of QualTypeNames is now documented.

Qt OpcUA Module

• Open62541 was updated to version 1.3.9.

Qt Positioning Module

• Tango Weather Icon Pack by Darkobra isn't used anymore.
• The Tango Icons package isn't used anymore.
• Poly2Tri Polygon Triangulation Library was updated to commit 0be213d95f82471b95d96d0248a0490d0a934f9f.

Qt Quick Module

• Usage of Weather icons from the Noto Emoji collection is now documented.
• Usage of Map of Europe from Wikipedia is now documented.
• Usage of Work Sans font by Wei Huang is now documented.
• Usage of Gear Icon is now documented.

Qt Shadertools Module

• glslang was updated to version 13.0.0.
• SPIRV-Cross was updated to version sdk-1.3.261.0.

Qt 6.6.3

Qt Core Module

• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.43.
• PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.43.
• Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) was updated to version 44.1.

Qt GUI Module

• LibPNG was updated to version 1.6.43.

Qt Multimedia Module

• FFmpeg was updated to version 6.1.1.

Qt Network module

• The Public Suffix List was updated to the commit matching the sha 883ced078a83f9d79a98933145425c221a5e51f0, on 2024-01-25.

Qt Quick3D module

• Tiny OpenEXR was updated to version v1.0.8.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.45.2.

Qt Testlib Module

• Updated Valgrind to version 3.22.0.

Qt 6.6.2

Qt Core Module

• Data Compression Library (zlib) was updated to version 1.3.1.

Qt Doc module

• Usage of HDRI Images is now documented.
• Usage of alpha_blending.frag, version 4500c7f9cb7d569de5978094677e48722bc9133e, is now documented.

Qt GRPC module

• Usage of gRPC, version 1.50.1, is now documented.
• Usage of protobuf, version 21.9, is now documented.

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 8.3.0.
• MD4C was updated to version 0.5.2.
• LibPNG was updated to version 1.6.42.
• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 3.0.2.

Qt Multimedia Module

• Usage of FFmpeg, version n6.1, is now documented.
• Usage of libjpeg is now documented.
• Usage of zlib is now documented.
• Usage of boost is now documented.

Qt Protobuf module

• Usage of protobuf, version 21.9, is now documented.

Qt Quick3D module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to version 5.3.1.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.45.1.

Qt 6.6.1

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 8.3.0.
• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 3.0.1.

Qt Spatial Audio Module

• pffft was updated to version 7641e67977cf937c22849e2ef19fffa70269e562.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.44.0.

Qt 6.6.0

Qt Core Module

• Gradle wrapper was updated to version 8.3.

Qt GUI Module

• Usage of D3D12 Memory Allocator, version f128d39b7a95b4235bd228d231646278dc6c24b2 under MIT License is now documented.
• Usage of Mipmap generator for D3D12, version 0aa79bad78992da0b6a8279ddb9002c1753cb849 under MIT License is now documented.

Qt OpcUA Module

• Open62541 was updated to version 1.3.6.

Qt Positioning Module

• Usage of Titillium Web Font under SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 license is now documented.
• Usage of Material Symbols and Icons under Apache License Version 2.0 is now documented.

Qt 6.5.3

Qt Core Module

• double-conversion was updated to version 3.3.0.
• Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) was updated to version 43.
• Data Compression Library (zlib) was updated to version 1.3.

Qt GUI Module

• Freetype 2 was updated to version 2.13.2.
• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 8.2.0.
• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 3.0.0.

Qt Image Formats

• TIFF Software Distribution (libtiff) was updated to version 4.6.0.
• WebP (libwebp) was updated to version 1.3.2.

Qt Network module

• The Public Suffix List was updated to the commit matching the sha 1a4824549b093abc3077205ae5386ed57f73806d, on 2023-09-20.

Qt Quick3D module

• Tiny OpenEXR was updated to version v1.0.7.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.43.1.

Qt 6.5.2

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 7.3.0.
• LibPNG was updated to version 1.6.40.

Qt Image Formats

• TIFF Software Distribution (libtiff) was updated to version 4.5.1.

Qt Network module

• The Public Suffix List was updated to the commit matching the sha 195aa1c180a5ca8c06c1ce485c75693b635c1ebd, on 2023-07-06.

Qt Quick3D module

• Tiny OpenEXR was updated to version v1.0.5.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.42.0.

Qt 6.5.1

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 7.2.0.

Qt Location Module

• Usage of Earcut Polygon Triangulation Library was removed.
• Usage of geosimplify-js polyline simplification library was removed.

Qt Multimedia Module

• pffft was updated to version 38946c766c1a.
• Resonance Audio was updated to version e225aedb5ec7.

Qt Network module

• The Public Suffix List was updated to the commit matching the sha a304485800b4b6b796fcccbb3be1585f189ee038, on 2023-05-03.

Qt Quick3D module

• Tiny OpenEXR was updated to version v1.0.2.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.41.2.

Qt Webengine Module

• Usage of Marked (WebEngine Markdown Editor example) was removed.
• Usage of Markdown.css (WebEngine Markdown Editor example) was removed.
• Usage of Tango Icon Library was removed.

Qt 6.5.0

Qt Core Module

• Gradle wrapper was updated to version 8.0
• double-conversion was updated to version 3.2.1.
• Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) was updated to version 42.

Qt Doc Module

• Usage of Selected Material Icons under Apache License Version 2.0 was documented.

Qt GUI Module

• Vulkan Memory Allocator was updated to version 3.0.1.
• Vulkan API Registry was updated to version 1.3.223.

Qt Location Module

• Usage of Earcut Polygon Triangulation Library under ISC License was documented.
• Usage of geosimplify-js polyline simplification library under geosimplify-js License was documented.

Qt Testlib Module

• Updated Valgrind to version 3.20.0.

Qt Network module

• The Public Suffix List was updated to the commit matching the sha f15705582ed13f390c59541300dea7288acf4137, on 2023-02-02.

Qt NFC Module

• Usage of Selected Material Icons under Apache License Version 2.0 was documented.

Qt OpcUA Module

• Open62541 was updated to version 1.3.4.

Qt Quick3D Module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to version 5.2.5.
• Usage of meshoptimizer version v0.18 under MIT license was documented.
• Usage of Godot Engine: Fog under MIT license was documented.

Qt Shadertools Module

• glslang was updated to version 11.10.0.
• SPIRV-Cross was updated to version sdk-1.3.216.0.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.41.1.

Qt Wayland Module

• Usage of Wayland XDG Foreign Protocol version 1 under MIT license is now documented.
• Usage of Wayland Fractional Scale Protocol version 1 under MIT license is now documented.

Qt 6.4.3

Qt Core Module

• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.42.
• PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.42.
• Unicode Character Database (UCD) was updated to version 30.

Qt GUI Module

• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 2.1.5.
• Freetype 2 was updated to version 2.13.0.
• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 7.0.1.

Qt Image Formats

• TIFF Software Distribution (libtiff) was updated to version 4.5.0.
• WebP (libwebp) was updated to version 1.3.0.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.41.0.

Qt 6.4.2

Qt Core Module

• Data Compression Library (zlib) was updated to version 1.2.13.

Qt GUI Module

• LibPNG was updated to version 1.6.39.

Qt 6.4.1

Qt GUI Module

• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 2.1.4.
• LibPNG was updated to version 1.6.38.

Qt Testlib Module

• Catch2 was updated to version 2.13.10.

Qt Tools Module

• Catch2 was updated to version 2.13.10.

Qt 6.4.0

Qt Core Module

• Gradle wrapper was updated to version 7.4.2.
• Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) was updated to version 41.

Qt Imageformats Module

• WebP (libwebp) was updated to version 1.2.4

Qt Network Module

• libpsl - C library to handle the Public Suffix List version 664f3dc85259ec65e30248a61fa1c45b7b0e4c3f under "BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License is now documented.

Qt Multimedia Module

• Eigen version 3.4.0 under Mozilla Public License 2.0 and BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License is now documented.
• pffft version 7c3b5a7dc510a0f513b9c5b6dc5b56f7aeeda422 under BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License is now documented.
• Resonance Audio version e225aedb5ec76ca6a0fe7079c0b84dbcbb490553 under Apache License 2.0 is now documented.

Qt Quick3D Module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to version 5.2.3.
• Intel Embree version 3.13.3 under Apache License 2.0 is now documented.
• Tiny OpenEXR version 1.0.1 under BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License is now documented.
• xatlas was updated to version 16ace528acd2cf1f16a7c0dde99c42c486488dbe.
• ProceduralSky under MIT License is now documented.

Qt Quick3DPhysics Module

• NVIDIA PhysX SDK version PhysX_4.1.2.29882248 under BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License is now documented.

Qt Tools Module

• Catch2 version 2.13.9 under Boost Software License 1.0 is now documented.

Qt Wayland Module

• Wayland Text Input Protocol v1 version unstable v1 under MIT License is now documented.

Qt 6.3.2

Qt GUI Module

• Freetype 2 was updated to version 2.12.1.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.39.2

Qt 6.3.1

Qt Core Module

• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.40.
• PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.40.
• The Public Suffix List was updated to version d17a65633b0286833727ef21e897a22564695ef5.

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 4.2.1.

Qt 6.3.0

Qt Core Module

• Efficient Binary-Decimal and Decimal-Binary Conversion Routines for IEEE Doubles was updated to version 3.2.0+e634f265db5d296bd7a780f9813d6b8573f5bd90.
• Usage of FreeBSD strtoll and strtoull was removed.
• Gradle wrapper was updated to version 7.4.0.
• TinyCBOR was updated to version 0.6.0.
• Data Compression Library (zlib) was updated to version 1.2.12.
• Unicode Character Database (UCD) was updated to version 28.

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 3.0.0.
• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 2.1.3.

Qt Imageformats Module

• WebP (libwebp) was updated to version 1.2.2

Qt Quick3D Module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to version 5.1.6

Qt Wayland Compositor Module

• Wayland Protocol was updated to version 1.19.0
• Usage of Wayland Text Input Protocol version unstable v4, WIP under HPND license was documented.
• Usage of Wayland xdg-activation Protocol version unstable v1, version 1 under MIT license is now documented.
• Usage of Presentation Time Protocol version 1 under MIT license is now documented.

Qt 6.2.4

Qt Core Module

• The Public Suffix List was updated to version c7fe8ddee7f4e16095e51fbc3dd72f18b7a8567d.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.37.2

Qt Testlib Module

• Catch2 was updated to version 2.13.8.

Qt 6.2.3

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.37.0

Qt 6.2.2

Qt Core Module

• Gradle wrapper was updated to version 7.2.0
• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.39
• PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.39

Qt 6.2.1

Qt Core Module

• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.38
• PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.38

Qt 6.2.0

Qt Core Module

• extra-cmake-modules was updated to version 5.84.0
• Gradle wrapper was updated to version 6.8.3

Qt GUI Module

• Freetype 2 was updated to version 2.10.4
• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 2.9.0
• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 2.1.1

Qt Imageformats Module

• WebP (libwebp) was updated to version 1.2.1

Qt Positioning Module

• Clipper Polygon Clipping Library was updated to version 6.4.2.
• Usage of Clip2Tri Polygon Triangulation Library under MIT license is now documented.
• Usage of Poly2Tri Polygon Triangulation Library under BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" license is now documented.

Qt Quick3D Module

• Usage of Shadow values from Angular Material under MIT license is now documented.

Qt Quick Controls Module

• Usage of xatlas version a8ffc484335ecc3819c69e1749f142e75e03acdf under MIT license is now documented.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.36.0

Qt Wayland Compositor Module

• Usage of Wayland Pointer Gestures Protocol version unstable v1, version 2 under MIT license is now documented.

Qt 6.1.2

Qt Core Module

• BLAKE2 (reference implementation) was updated to version 54f4faa4c16ea34bcd59d16e8da46a64b259fc07.
• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.37.
• PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.37.
• Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) was updated to version 38.
• The Public Suffix List was updated to version d4e247a71d1b6da08dad906b098c818493166fcc.

Qt GUI Module

• MD4C was updated to version 0.4.8.

Qt Image Formats

• TIFF Software Distribution (libtiff) was updated to version 4.3.0.

Qt 6.1.1

Qt GUI Module

• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 2.1.0.

Qt Shadertools Module

• SPIRV-Cross was updated to version d137abeef57b2f3fdbdab0ad5590fe99a44ba546.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.35.5.

Qt 6.1.0

Qt 3D Module

• Usage of Assimp - Clipper was removed.
• Usage of Assimp - irrXML was removed.
• Usage of Assimp - Open3DGC was removed.
• Usage of Assimp - The OpenDDL-Parser was removed.
• Usage of Assimp - Poly2Tri Polygon Triangulation Library was removed.
• Usage of Assimp - RapidJSON was removed.
• Usage of Assimp - Unzip was removed.
• Usage of Assimp - Utf8Cpp was removed.
• Usage of Assimp - Zip was removed.

Qt Core Module

• Efficient Binary-Decimal and Decimal-Binary Conversion Routines for IEEE Doubles was updated to version 3.1.5-30-gbf46072.
• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.36.
• PCRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.36.
• The Public Suffix List was updated to version f2cce86a42f38265c67caa32c6e0ff61793bb534, fetched on 2021-01-21.

Qt GUI Module

• HarfBuzz-NG was updated to version 2.8.0.
• LibJPEG-turbo was updated to version 2.0.6.
• MD4C was updated to version 0.4.7.
• Vulkan Memory Allocator was updated to version 2.3.0.
• Vulkan API Registry was updated to version 1.2.166.

Qt Imageformats Module

• TIFF Software Distribution (libtiff) was updated to version 4.2.0.
• WebP (libwebp) was updated to version 1.2.0.

Qt SQL Module

• SQLite was updated to version 3.35.2.

Qt Shadertools Module

• glslang was updated to version 11.1.0.
• SPIRV-Cross was updated to version 2020-09-17.

Qt 6.0.1

Qt Core Module

• PCRE2 was updated to version 10.36.
• CRE2 - Stack-less Just-In-Time Compiler was updated to version 10.36.

Qt 6.0

Qt Core Module

• Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) got updated to upstream version v38.
• The copy of the The Public Suffix List got updated on 2020-11-05.

Qt GUI Module

• MD4C was updated to version 0.4.6.

Qt 3D Module

• Open Asset Import Library was updated to 5.0.1

Previous Qt Versions

To see license change information for Qt 5.15 and earlier, see https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.15/license-changes.html.