> Jim Pick wrote: > > Even if we wrote one, I doubt the KDE guys, especially Matthias Ettrich, would > > be willing to use it. Really an unfortunate situation, IMHO. :-( Noel Maddy wrote: > Berate me for missing the obvious, but couldn't KDE just be compiled with > a QT clone for Debian? What am I missing? That's true. However, since the primary users of Qt are the KDE guys, and since they wouldn't like what you were doing if you were re-writing it -- it just doesn't seem like it would be a very rewarding way to spend one's time. Especially since there are already free application frameworks like wxWindows and V that do essentially the same thing (unless I'm missing something). If someone wants to contribute to an effort to clone a toolkit, they'd probably be much better off contributing to the WINE project (Windows emulator) or Jolt project (Java clone - kaffe, biss-awt, guavac, etc.). Besides, Qt is 'almost-free' software. If it doesn't become a runaway commercial success, I'd bet Troll Tech would re-release it as free software after a few years. Cheers, - Jim
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