Failing that, anybody has any killer idea for GUI development that warrants new library? Why don't add Qt to the C++ standard?
No doubt, TrollTech has to make the money they deserve some way. They also give the stuff away to everybody that can accept GPL like terms.
What I wonder is if anybody with contacts in the standard process and/or to the compiler vendors have ever considered Vladimirs suggestion, and approached the Trolls about it? Maybe there is a business case in that for TrollTech. They could be the prime provider of a larger part of the standard library to a number of compilers.
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand. Are you suggesting that TrollTech could somehow be persuaded to make Qt available for free under a Boost-like license, or are you suggesting that it would be acceptable to make Qt a C++ standard under its current licensing scheme?