QNX Developer License Options

A Non-Commercial license may be right for you if you want to:

• Use the product to learn more about QNX software, including working on a non-commercial project in pursuit of an academic goal (e.g. in a classroom setting or as part of your academic studies).

• Develop training material or books describing how to use our products, including if you intend to offer that material commercially.

• Develop open-source software (OSS) that is interoperable with QNX software, provided you make the resulting OSS publicly available at no charge.

• Build a product or system as a hobbyist or maker, provided you do not make a commercial product or put the resulting software or system into production use.

• Work on certain research projects (including as part of a commercial enterprise) leading to initial prototypes, subject to conditions (contact us at licensing@qnx.com to confirm eligibility).

A Commercial license may be right for you if you want to:

• Use the product for activities that involve conducting business operations that fall outside the scope of what is permitted under a non-commercial license.

• Use the product for activities in exchange for a fee or consideration of any kind (except for those specific, limited non-commercial use cases that generate revenue and are permitted – namely development of training materials or books, academics who are paid for their research and instruction, paid development of interoperable OSS, and paid limited development of certain prototypes).

• Build or develop a commercial product or system, including putting the resulting software or system into production use (note: distribution and production use is not permitted under a development license and requires a separate distribution license).

• Build or develop a product or system (e.g. as part of a product roadmap) to demonstrate to existing or potential customers.