Qt, Open Source and corona

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On vrijdag 10 april 2020 15:41:39 CEST Johan Ouwerkerk wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 9:04 PM Jens <jens at ohyran.se> wrote:
> >
> > I can’t make any calls since the work isn’t on my shoulders but if the Qt company are ready to pull this stunt AND then lie about it in the vaguest most awkward way of saying “KDE and Qt Free are lying” they will do this again and forking, even though Qt Company cowered out now, might be better in the long run.
> >
> 
> I think forking is premature. The existing FOSS releases of Qt are not
> going away just yet. Negotiations are still ongoing and have not yet
> broken down irretrievably.
> 

Sure, but figuring out what would need to be done, who it could be done with, and what would need to be in place would be the smart thing to do. Being prepared is always good.


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