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<p>Some of Qt's libraries are based on third party libraries that are not licensed using the same dual-license model as Qt. As a result, care must be taken when deploying applications that use these libraries, particularly when the application is statically linked to them.</p>
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<p>The following table contains an inexhaustive summary of the issues you should be aware of.</p>
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<tr valign="top" class="odd"><td><a href="qthelp.html">QtHelp</a></td><td>CLucene</td><td>The version of clucene distributed with Qt is licensed under the GNU LGPL version 2.1 or later. This has implications for developers of closed source applications. Please see <a href="qthelp.html#license-information">the QtHelp module documentation</a> for more information.</td></tr>
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<tr valign="top" class="even"><td><a href="qtnetwork.html">QtNetwork</a></td><td>OpenSSL</td><td>Some configurations of <a href="qtnetwork.html">QtNetwork</a> use OpenSSL at run-time. Deployment of OpenSSL libraries is subject to both licensing and export restrictions. More information can be found in the <a href="ssl.html">Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Classes</a> documentation.</td></tr>