呵呵，对Qt和KDE要保持信心 KDE Free Qt Foundation
KDE Free Qt FoundationOslo, Norway, 09 April - 1998
The purpose of this foundation is to guarantee the availability of Qt for free software development now and in the future.
The foundation will control the rights to the Qt Free Edition and ensure that current and future releases of Qt will be available for free software development at all times. All changes to the Qt Free Edition license will have to be approved by the KDE Free Qt Foundation which will consist of two members of Trolltech AS as well as two members of the KDE project. One of the representatives of the KDE project will have a double vote to be used in case of a tie.
Should Trolltech ever discontinue the Qt Free Edition for any reason including, but not limited to, a buyout of Trolltech, a merger or bankruptcy, the latest version of the Qt Free Edition will be released under the BSD license.
Furthermore, should Trolltech cease continued development of Qt, as assessed by a majority of the KDE Free Qt Foundation, and not release a new version at least every 12 months, the Foundation has the right to release the Qt Free Edition under the BSD License.
At this point lawyers are working on the details of the agreement. Trolltech and the KDE project expect to be able to sign the necessary documents within a few weeks.
We believe the founding of the KDE Free Qt Foundation to be an unprecedented ground breaking step, ushering in a new era of software development, allowing the KDE project, the free software community, all free software developers as well as commercial software developers to prosper in a mutually supportive fashion.
Update: The necessary documents have been signed by Trolltech and the KDE project, and the agreement is now in effect.
Follow this link 不过看这时间有点怪怪的，现在还没到四月呢。。。 1998/4/9？什么意思？和现在有关系么？ 98年的条款已经过期了，这份协定在2004年更新过一次，加强了KDE一方的利益。详细见：
http://www.myswear.net/forum/viewthread.php?tid=7613
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