标题:KDE: Rely on Qt, protect Qt's freedom, contribute to it
作者:XChinux
日期:2012-07-14 17:51
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转载自: http://dot.kde.org/2012/07/09/kde-rely-qt-protect-qts-freedom-contribute-it
The KDE community is one of the largest and most influential FreeSoftware communities world-wide with thousands of volunteer contributorsand countless users. Most of the software written by KDE is based onthe Qt toolkit. With the recent strategy changes within Nokia—thelargest contributor to Qt, there is uncertainty about the future of Qtthat concerns KDE. This is the position of the KDE community regardingthe future of Qt: KDE will continue to rely on Qt and cooperate with the Qt copyright owners and contributors.Using the strong ties between both communities and existing formal agreements, KDE will protect the freedom of Qt and KDE where necessary.Continuing the KDE Frameworks 5 development process that has already begun, KDE will help improve Qt and contribute to it.
Building on top of Qt
KDE software is built using Qt, and will continue to be so. Qt is thebest UI development toolkit available, and its quality and continuousinnovation have helped tremendously in making KDE successful. The KDEcommunity has an interest in Qt continuing to innovate and striving toget better. KDE's interest is mainly with the Free Software version ofQt, which we see centered around the Qt Project under Open Governance.We encourage commercial contributions to Qt, although KDE will remainneutral with the commercial Qt partner ecosystem.
Protecting Qt and KDE
With the interdependence between the Qt and KDE communities comerisks to the future of the both products. Since Qt is licensed under theGPL and the LGPL, and the Qt Project is under Open Governance, weconsider the Free Software version of Qt to be safe for the future. Thebiggest threat to the future of Qt is fragmentation due to forking.Another risk, a growing difference between the Free Software andcommercial versi ..
#1 [hehuim 07-17 00:33]
Qt的未来有保证，因为有KDE！