[opensuse] Ping SUSE KDE Users - Nokia to buy Trolltech
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2008-01-28.4605718... Interesting news about this. Not sure if openSUSE will be affected at all, but I wouldn't be surprised if they change the licensing in some way. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2008-01-28.4605718...
Interesting news about this. Not sure if openSUSE will be affected at all, but I wouldn't be surprised if they change the licensing in some way.
Why would they (assuming you mean that they might try to do something stupid with QT)? People said the same thing when it was announced that Sun was buying MySQL, but Sun has no intention of futzing with the GPL on MySQL... why would Nokia mess with QT? It's not in their interest to do so. Nokia is getting more and more into open source and cross platform stuff. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 28 January 2008 09:12:51 am PerfectReign wrote:
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2008-01-28.460571 8236
Interesting news about this. Not sure if openSUSE will be affected at all, but I wouldn't be surprised if they change the licensing in some way.
They've already said they intend to maintain the dual-license strategy, and that they intend to permit Trolltech to operate in much it's current structure, rather than be absorbed into the Nokia fold. They intend to leverage Qt as cross-platform framework across desktop and mobile devices, and they've stated that they'll be further investing in KDE as well. Nokia is an organization that does not shy away from investing resources in R&D, even if they occassionally stumble on their go-to-market strategies. Obviously it's too soon to see how things will shakeout, the deal hasn't even gone through yet, but I think it's a good thing for desktop linux in general, for KDE specifically, and hence openSUSE. Just my two pennies. Cheers, KV -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kevin Valko wrote:
On Monday 28 January 2008 09:12:51 am PerfectReign wrote:
http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2008-01-28.460571 8236
Interesting news about this. Not sure if openSUSE will be affected at all, but I wouldn't be surprised if they change the licensing in some way.
They've already said they intend to maintain the dual-license strategy, and that they intend to permit Trolltech to operate in much it's current structure, rather than be absorbed into the Nokia fold.
They intend to leverage Qt as cross-platform framework across desktop and mobile devices, and they've stated that they'll be further investing in KDE as well. Nokia is an organization that does not shy away from investing resources in R&D, even if they occassionally stumble on their go-to-market strategies.
Obviously it's too soon to see how things will shakeout, the deal hasn't even gone through yet, but I think it's a good thing for desktop linux in general, for KDE specifically, and hence openSUSE.
And probably future Nokia<-->Linux interoperability! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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