I understand your frustration. I actually had what they called a "hobbyist license" up until 6.5. Around that point QNX stopped granting new ones or upgrades to old ones.

I'm not sure why it's still on the website or what the criteria to get one now. Every time I've tried to contact licensing regarding the license type - I've gotten an abrupt brush off.

The evaluation license is the best bet. QNX has amazingly good docs and I think it just requires a support account.