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Zbyszek wrote:
> 
> Witam
> 
> Właśnie zajrzałem na strony KDE (polski mirror - http://kde.fnet.pl) i
> wyczytałem tam info i możliwej zmianie statusu prawnego wersji free
> biblioteki Qt.
> Bez paniki - zmiana ta, o ile doszła/dojdzie do skutku, stanowiś będzie
> zabezpieczenie dla przyszłości KDE jako darmowego softu. Wszystko w tekście
> "KDE Free Qt Foundation" w dziale "News".
> M. in. przewidziane jest tam zabezpieczenie na wypadek przejęcia,
> wykupienia lub bankructwa TrollTechu. W takiej sytuacji free Qt przeszła by
> na licencję BSD. Tak swoją drogą ciekawe, czy kto$ się TrollTechowi dobiera
> do skóry, że zgodził się na taką inicjatywę?
> 
> Z.
Jeśli kogoś to interesuje, to na qt-announce było tak:

                      The KDE Free Qt Foundation


  The  KDE  project and Troll Tech AS, the creators of Qt, are pleased
  to announce the founding of the 'KDE Free Qt Foundation'.

  The purpose of this foundation is to guarantee the  availability  of
  Qt for free software development now and in the future.

  The  foundation  will  control the rights to the Qt Free Edition and
  ensure that current and future releases of Qt will be available  for
  free  software  development at all times. All changes to the Qt Free
  Edition license will have to be approved by the KDE Free Qt  Founda-
  tion  which  will consist of two members of Troll Tech AS as well as
  two members of the KDE project. One of the  representatives  of  the
  KDE project will have a double vote to be used in case of a tie.

  Should  Troll Tech ever discontinue the Qt Free Edition for any rea-
  son including, but not limited to, a buy-out of Troll Tech, a merger
  or  bankruptcy,  the  latest  version of the Qt Free Edition will be
  released under the BSD license.

  Furthermore, should Troll Tech cease continued development of Qt, as
  assessed  by  a  majority  of  the  KDE  Free Qt Foundation, and not
  release a new version at least every 12 months, the  Foundation  has
  the right to release the Qt Free Edition under the BSD License.

  At  this  point  lawyers are working on the details  of  the  agree-
  ment.  Troll Tech and the KDE project expect to be able to sign  the
  necessary documents within a few weeks.

  We  believe  the  founding  of  the  KDE Free Qt Foundation to be an
  unprecedented ground-breaking step, ushering in a new era  of  soft-
  ware development, allowing the KDE project, the free software commu-
  nity, all free software developers as well  as  commercial  software
  developers to prosper in a mutually supportive fashion.


  Bernd Johannes Wuebben         Eirik Eng
  The KDE Project                Troll Tech CEO
  wuebben@kde.org                Eirik.Eng@troll.no

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