[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Mosfet wrote:
>
> > ...
>
> > Linux will remain free and open, and please don't tell me unsub scribe
> > because I think your logic is flawed. A) I do not seem to be in the
> > minority opinion, B) I want to see the best possible scenerio for Linux,
> > and creating two versions of a free toolkit does not seem sound.
>
> OK, I'll spell it out so you can understand:
>
> 1. KDE may become the defacto standard mainstream desktop for Linux.
> 2. If it does, commercial developers may feel that the only way to write
> viable Linux software is to conform to KDE.
> 3. If they do and there is no Harmony, commercial developers will be
> obligated to follow whatever constraints and terms TT chooses to put
> in their commercial license, and pay whatever price TT chooses.
>
Do you know StarOffice 5.0? They took the fact, that KDE appears as
the defacto standard desktop in Germany (because SuSE is almost defacto
standard here ;) and created a KDE compliant StarOffice. And they did
not use Qt (but more expensive software ;)
I really do not see your problem. I can agree with Lars that a GPLed
Harmony would be nice, but _I_ wouldn't spent my time on it.
Greetings, Stephan
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