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KDE 3.2, To Be Or Not To Be

Posted by timothy on from the must-ipso-facto-philosophically dept.

Richard Moore writes "As you can see from dot.kde.org, issue #53 of Kernel-Cousin KDE has been released, covering only a single topic. The plan for releasing KDE 3.2 is discussed at length, or maybe that should be KDE 4.0 - who knows..."

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  1. Re:WOW by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 3, Informative

    > I'd like to see proof with links that ANY part of QT is GPL.

    It took me 30 seconds to find this:
    http://www.trolltech.com/download/index.htm l
    and specifically the parts that KDE uses:
    http://www.trolltech.com/download/qt/x11.ht ml

    They're dual licensed under the QPL (non-Free) and the GNU GPL. When you obtain the software you can choose to use and distribute it under either license.

    Ciaran O'Riordan

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  2. Clarification by Rich · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just to clarify, I'm not saying we won't release 3.2. Just that as per coolo's comment (for those who read the article) it may be 4.0 if we find we need to break compatibility to do the job properly. There are a lot of pretty cool things to be discussed at the forthcoming developer's conference and if we decide they should be in the next release (possible but not probable) this may be a good idea. Either way - it got you to read the article, didn't it!

    Rich.

  3. Re:WOW by Rich · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just a note Qt/Embedded is GPL too, this is why you'll find a (fully compatible) branch of it on sourceforge developed by some guys who wanted to add some new features of their own.

    Rich.