You wrote:<p>&gt; I am curious what Richard Stallman (or generally FSF) can say about this<p>What sort of comment are you looking for?  Stallman has written about it before:<p>&gt; In 1998, the management of TrollTech recognized that they could make Qt free software and continue charging for permission to embed it in proprietary software. I do not recall whether the suggestion came from me, but I certainly was happy to see the change[...]