On sexta-feira, 15 de junho de 2012 13.13.10, d3fault wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macie...@intel.com > > wrote: > > > > On sexta-feira, 15 de junho de 2012 11.42.07, d3fault wrote: > > > The Qt Trademark and the Nokia Corporation might die (except Qt won't > > > > ever > > > > > 'officially' die. It's in Nokia/Microsoft's best interest to not let the > > > BSD Clause ( > > > > http://www.kde.org/community/whatiskde/kdefreeqtfoundation.php) > > > > > ever get triggered. They'll release a 1-byte patch once per year, or > > > > maybe > > > > > a small bugfix or something, and it'll never get triggered) > > > > The foundation agreement requires a significant release. > > I see law's not your specialty either.
I don't know why I waste my time talking to you...
> A lawyer could easily argue that a bug fix is significant. Or maybe they do
> a couple of bugfixes, and/or some tiny feature commits?
"Important release" means a release of Qt Free Edition, providing bug fixes,
performance enhancements and new functionality, all in accordance with
industry practice for an actively developed C++ toolkit in a similar state of
development.
> How many of these tiny bug fixes/features until the release is considered
> significant? Who's the judge of that?
The Foundation board.
Section 3, (3) the Board unanimously decides to exercise the Foundation's
rights or licenses under Section 2 hereof
> The BSD Clause was a great idea in theory, but the implementation failed
> horribly. Didn't consider a buyout from a competitor who just sits on it
> [with yearly 'fake' releases].
Please. Give credit to the people who wrote the agreement.
> and what do you say Thiago, about leading a fork, should the need arise (or
> has it already?)? Imo do it through Thiago-personal, not Thiago-intel
I can't do such a thing alone. And I can't pay the salaries of everyone.
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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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