Will Nokia destroy Qt4 like they destroyed Symbian OS?

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi all,

On Monday 08 November 2010 16:41:16 Omer Zak wrote:
> http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/08/guest-post-symbian-os-one-of-the-most-s
> uccessful-failures-in-tech-history/ 
> 

Sorry for the broken URL.

> The 4th comment has a prediction that
> Nokia are not going to be healthy for Qt4.
>

Well, my crystal ball is in repairs today, so I am unable to determine what 
will happen. In any case, Qt 4 is open-source and now LGPLed so a fork is 
always possible if Nokia mismanages it. 

> So if it does really happen, I suppose that there'll be a fork of Qt4,
> making Qt4 for KDE different from Qt4 for smartphones.
> 

Maybe. Maybe not. But basing our judgements on predictions in blog comments, 
which may take years to materialise is not very constructive. I suggest we'll 
handle this issue once and if it materialises, and not worry on it now. I have 
been bothered by some bugs in KDE (including breaking the URL above) which 
were attributed to Qt 4 bugs, but can always nag the Qt developer on the bug 
tracker to fix them and possibly contribute a patch so they will be fixed 
faster. Qt 4 is LPGLed after all. In the meanwhile, it appears that Qt 4 is 
actively developed and there have been several new releases recently.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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