On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:28:32 +0200 (IST)
Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > - What if QT doesn't want to support it anymore?
Just one note. IIRC when KDE started working (pre-GPL), they've
got some kind of official letter from Trolltech, containing
assurances for various possible problems (if the company go
bust, or sold, or want to deny KDE access to code etc.)
So although QT wasn't free software at the time, it was free
enough for KDE specifically and had the required safeguards
to prevent the KDE effort going down the drain in case something
bad happend to/with Trolltech.
In a retrospect, we were all very lucky:
- We got one really nice desktop. Good.
- We have another nice and *different* desktop. Very good.
- Eventually, QT is GPL. Excelent.
- And Trolltech are still doing nice business with it. Who
said the GPL is bad for business? (answer: Craig Mundie :-)
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