Some news about the WebKit project

[George Staikos]

Thanks for the note, Maciej.  It's really great to see WebKit moving  
in this direction.  I think it will be a great step forward for the  
community around WebKit and I hope that this also helps build support  
for the WebKit KPart!

On 30-Nov-07, at 8:11 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

>
> Hello KHTML developers and other KDE contributors,
>
> There has been some debate recently in the KDE community about  
> whether to adopt WebKit (historically evolved from KDE projects  
> such as khtml, kjs, kdom and ksvg2) as the Web rendering engine for  
> future versions of KDE.
>
> Many KHTML developers have raised concerns about project  
> governance, potentially conflicting goals, and the appearance that  
> WebKit is driven purely by Apple's corporate agenda.
>
> Today we announced a new open, equitable, community-based policy  
> for choosing future WebKit committers and reviewers: <http:// 
> webkit.org/blog/146/new-open-committer-and-reviewer-policy/>. This  
> policy should make clear that anyone can get involved in the  
> project on a fair and equal basis.
>
> Also, we recently adopted a set of overall project goals: <http:// 
> webkit.org/projects/goals.html>. We believe that these goals are in  
> line with KDE's desired direction for a Web rendering engine. Given  
> this, I think the possibilities for fruitful collaboration are good.
>
> I don't know if this addresses all KHTML and KDE contributor  
> concerns about the possibility of a full re-merge with WebKit. But  
> I hope these moves will make a good starting point for additional  
> discussion. I am open to additional discussion about ways to enable  
> closer collaboration.
>
> Regards,
> Maciej
>
>

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