Editing PyQt (section)

== History ==
PyQt was first released by Riverbank Computing in 1998.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Jarmul |first1=Katharine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jHc5DwAAQBAJ&dq=pyqt+first+release&pg=PA105 |title=Python Web Scraping |last2=Lawson |first2=Richard |date=2017-05-30 |publisher=Packt Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78646-429-3 |page=105 |language=en}}</ref>

In August 2009, [[Nokia]] sought for the Python binding to be available under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]] license. At the time, Nokia owned [[The Qt Company|Qt Software]], the developer of QT. After failing to reach an agreement with Riverbank Computing, Nokia released its binding, [[PySide]], providing similar functionality.<ref>{{Cite web |last=faq |first=Martin Fitzpatrick Last updated |date=2019-06-21 |title=PyQt5 vs PySide2: What's the difference between the two Python Qt libraries? |url=https://www.pythonguis.com/faq/pyqt5-vs-pyside2/ |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=Python GUIs |language=en-us}}</ref>