OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20344/Nokia_Launches_Linux_Based_Qt_Extended_Mobile_Platform Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:51:04 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com good news http://osnews.com/thread?331964 http://osnews.com/thread?331964 I for one am thrilled about all the embeded systems and mobile device work going into QT. my reason being is that to make QT run effeciently on low profile or small systems means that you have to have clean code and a small footprint. So many other graphics toolkits fail to achieve this. Keep up the good work. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (poundsmack) Comments Trolltech renames as well http://osnews.com/thread?331972 http://osnews.com/thread?331972 Trolltech is now called "Qt Software".Edited 2008-09-30 21:06 UTC Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (KAMiKAZOW) Comments RE: Trolltech renames as well http://osnews.com/thread?331976 http://osnews.com/thread?331976
Trolltech is now called "Qt Software".

Judging from the responses to the "Guide Through the Linux Sound API Jungle" story, the old name seems more appropriate. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sbergman27) Comments RE[2]: Trolltech renames as well http://osnews.com/thread?331977 http://osnews.com/thread?331977

Judging from the responses to the "Guide Through the Linux Sound API Jungle" story, the old name seems more appropriate.


I think that axe has been ground enough, don't you? Personally I side w/ Aaron, though not necessarily the approach, on the sound API article. However I left it alone since I figured the furor over a minor issue would dissipate soon enough.Edited 2008-09-30 22:02 UTC Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kokopelli) Comments GPL http://osnews.com/thread?331988 http://osnews.com/thread?331988 "Qt Software and Nokia are still committed to releasing Qt and Qt Extended under the GPL as open source", but "changes are a part of life". Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (msundman) Comments Herm http://osnews.com/thread?331996 http://osnews.com/thread?331996 Hmm, I'd love to see this being made as a community distribution for the NetBook's that are currently out there. The GUI is simple, it is most likely very light weight, the perfect sort of UI for a resourced constrained device such as a NetBook.

Regarding this; is this a replacement for Qtopia or is this another/new version to target a new market? Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE: Herm http://osnews.com/thread?332016 http://osnews.com/thread?332016
Regarding this; is this a replacement for Qtopia or is this another/new version to target a new market?

RTFA!
"Qtopia (...) has been renamed and launched as Qt Extended 4.4." Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (KAMiKAZOW) Comments RE[2]: Trolltech renames as well http://osnews.com/thread?332017 http://osnews.com/thread?332017
Judging from the responses to the "Guide Through the Linux Sound API Jungle" story, the old name seems more appropriate.

The only troll here is you. An of-topic troll as well, because your lame comment about sound APIs has nothing to do with this story.
If you're referring to the comments by Aaron Seigo then you should know that he's not a Qt developer. He's a KDE developer whose work is just sponsored by Nokia. He has no authority to talk on behalf Nokia/Trolltech/Qt Software.
I could go on and continue to refute your comment, but -- as I said -- that's off-topic. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (KAMiKAZOW) Comments Any downloads? http://osnews.com/thread?332018 http://osnews.com/thread?332018 I am trying to actually find anything related to qt-extended on Trolltech's ftp/website for download and so far found nothing.

Is it only me being before morning coffee, or there is nothing to download yet? Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kajaman) Comments RE: GPL http://osnews.com/thread?332020 http://osnews.com/thread?332020
"Qt Software and Nokia are still committed to releasing Qt and Qt Extended under the GPL as open source", but "changes are a part of life".


Ok, that part I missed. If there is uncertainty about the future lisence for QT then I should maybe invest my time in some other toolkit? Its not GPL being a superior lisence to all others, but QT is expensive and I don't want to pay to release my apps as free software ;) Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (J.R.) Comments Maemo http://osnews.com/thread?332021 http://osnews.com/thread?332021 I'd be excited if they allow Qt Extended to replace Maemo on the N8x00 devices. I always loved my Zaurus because Qtopia was cool, but the device was too underpowered and the WiFi sucking all the power in 30 minutes and being 802.11B WEP only restricted it too much. The Qt/Qtopia tookit is SOOOO much nicer to use than GTK+/Hildon. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (memson) Comments RE[2]: GPL http://osnews.com/thread?332024 http://osnews.com/thread?332024 There is an agreement between kde and Qt software (formerly Trolltech) that allows forking Qt in the event that Qt becomes proprietary and closed source...

It is never going to happen as even if Nokia were inclined to relicense Qt they would inevitably end up competing with their own toolkit (which the forked version maybe ending up as lgpl a la gtk). Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_txf_) Comments RE[3]: GPL http://osnews.com/thread?332040 http://osnews.com/thread?332040 You may already fork QT if you want, but your fork must be under GPL as required by GPL. The agreement is about that if development of GPLed QT ever stop for whaterver reason, then the QT source will be released under BSD licence. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (minio) Comments RE: Any downloads? http://osnews.com/thread?332199 http://osnews.com/thread?332199 Hi,
here is the link to the Open Source Qt Extended download page. You will find the file at the bottom of the page:
http://qtextended.org/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=4 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (PR Troll Qt Software) Comments RE[4]: GPL http://osnews.com/thread?332294 http://osnews.com/thread?332294
You may already fork QT if you want, but your fork must be under GPL as required by GPL. The agreement is about that if development of GPLed QT ever stop for whaterver reason, then the QT source will be released under BSD licence.


But does this also apply to Nokia? What I want to know is whether QT 4.9 or whatever released by Nokia is under the same agreement as QT4.0 released by Trolltech? Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (J.R.) Comments RE[5]: GPL http://osnews.com/thread?332331 http://osnews.com/thread?332331

But does this also apply to Nokia? What I want to know is whether QT 4.9 or whatever released by Nokia is under the same agreement as QT4.0 released by Trolltech?


Yes, it also applies to Nokia or anyone else buying the Qt Copyrights.

AFAIK, Nokia even agreed to extend it, e.g. other platforms than Unix/X11. Details are still being worked out though. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (anda_skoa) Comments Much ado about nothing... http://osnews.com/thread?332381 http://osnews.com/thread?332381 All these people complaining about the "change comment" crack me up. Has it ever occurred to them, that maybe, just maybe, the comment was about the Name Changes (ie the end of the Trolltech and Qtopia names) rather than any pending evil license change... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (madcrow) Comments