Fork Qt [LWN.net]

Fork Qt

Posted Jan 28, 2008 17:05 UTC (Mon) by mightyduck (guest, #23760)
In reply to: Fork Qt by markc
Parent article: Nokia to acquire Trolltech

I'm sorry but have you looked at the list of KDE/Qt developers and their 
employers? Do you REALLY think Nokia would allow their employees to work 
on a forked Qt? I don't think there are enough 
Trolltech/Nokia-independent developers around to maintain a forked Qt and 
KDE. And if Nokia drops the ball I could imagine that some distributors 
will follow suit and reassign/cut their KDE developers. So, let's all 
hope that Nokia stays on it but I'm not so sure.

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your fears are unfounded, I think

Posted Jan 28, 2008 18:03 UTC (Mon) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link]

It's premature to assume that Nokia will mismanage Qt or that a fork will be necessary. Nokia deserves the benefit of the doubt.

However, should they try to take Qt in a proprietary direction, I would expect many of their newly acquired employees, especially the KDE folks, to leave the company. They would have no difficulty finding employment elsewhere.