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LinuxWorld: UserLinux Will Support KDE
Feb 2, 2004, 14 :45 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (7059 reads)

(Other stories by Bruce Perens)

[ Thanks to Jason Greenwood for this link. ]

"[Qt] doesn't fit our licensing policies, not because it's not free, but for the same reason MySQL doesn't--it's putting the GPL in a place where we would prefer to put the LGPL so that proprietary development can take place without a commercial license.

"Troll Tech uses dual licensing as a revenue strategy. They have a right to do so, and they are entirely within the ethos of the free software community in doing so.

"I already have a customer asking for Perens LLC to provide commercial support for KDE on the UserLinux platform. And we will do so, even though KDE is not the chosen GUI of the UserLinux project..."

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ZDNet: Linux Desktop Split Threatens UserLinux(Dec 22, 2003)
NewsForge: On the GUI Selection in UserLinux(Dec 16, 2003)
LinuxWorld: What Would UserLinux Look Like?(Nov 19, 2003)
LinuxWorld: UserLinux--The Leaning Linux Tower of Babel?(Nov 11, 2003)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Note that it is *optional* support for K ...   KDE support optional   
Gnomey
Feb 2, 2004, 15:12:57
 
Note that Perens LLC will support KDE, b ...   Not quite accurate   
MKS
Feb 2, 2004, 15:50:44
 
If customers of Perens LLC wanted Netsca ...   UserLinux Will *NOT* Support KDE   
AC
Feb 2, 2004, 16:03:44
 
Well there are two options:1. Either Bru ...   Re: KDE support optional   
tictac
Feb 2, 2004, 16:29:59
 
I'm a KDE user an fan, but:I belive  ...   Well done.   
none
Feb 2, 2004, 17:00:47
 
You can't have a succesful Linux dis ...   Kicking and screaming   
codez
Feb 2, 2004, 17:15:31
 
I don't understand Perens at all. I  ...   What Gives?   
kilgoretrout
Feb 2, 2004, 17:21:00
 
> Right now most opensource and commerci ...   Re: Re: KDE support optional   
Gnomey
Feb 2, 2004, 17:39:35
 
.....1. Either Bruce will create the dis ...   re: Re: KDE support optional   
Brandioch Conner
Feb 2, 2004, 18:31:41
 
Bruce needs to make it clear that he DOE ...   Where the Problem Lies   
Matthew C. Tedder
Feb 2, 2004, 19:10:55
 
Every body makes mistakes, Bruce Perens  ...   mistake   
n-raj
Feb 2, 2004, 19:27:47
 
> Note that Perens LLC will support KDE, ...   Re: Not quite accurate   
tictac
Feb 2, 2004, 23:25:01
 
> As long as Perens LLC is effectively t ...   Re: Re: Not quite accurate   
AC
Feb 3, 2004, 14:03:51
 
UserLinux seems to have changed its stan ...   Something is Up Here   
David
Feb 3, 2004, 18:41:28
 
Gnome will win in the end thanks to its  ...   Re: Re: Re: KDE support optiona   
David
Feb 3, 2004, 18:47:48
 
The notion that GTK is better than Qt in ...   Qt vs GTK license   
maged mokhtar
Feb 3, 2004, 20:46:44
 
The problem is not what we want but how  ...   Qt vs GTK license   
AC
Feb 4, 2004, 11:40:06
 
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