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Qt Everywhere: 4.5 To Be Relicensed As LGPL
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| All-in-all today's news means tremendous things for Free and Open Source
| software. The possibility of extending the reach of all of our work is
| exciting in and of itself, and this announcement could lead to a veritable
| explosion of Qt and KDE adoption.
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http://dot.kde.org/1231920504/
Qt goes LGPL!
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| As of version 4.5.0, Qt will be released under the LGPL version 2.1. Jaw off
| the floor yet? Good.
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http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2009/01/qt-goes-lgpl.html
Nokia Hopes to Increase Qt Popularity With New License
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| Nokia has added LGPL (Lesser General Public License) as an option for Qt,
| saying the move will increase developer flexibility and increase popularity,
| it announced on Wednesday.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/157054/nokia_hopes_to_increase_qt_popularity_with_new_license.html?tk=rss_news
Recent:
Maemo Linux On Next Nokia Superphone
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| We all know that Nokia has gotten pretty comfortable with the Symbian
| operating system, but isn’t it about time that the company looks to expand
| its horizons?
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| While there are certainly hopes of a Nokia-branded Google Android phone at
| some point in the future, it seems that Nokia is more inclined to take a
| different direction if it were to produce an open-source smartphone.
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http://www.htlounge.net/article/7171/maemo-linux-on-next-nokia-superphone/
Linux Maemo to be used in high-end Nokia mobiles
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| Despite snapping up Symbian only a matter of days ago, Nokia has revealed
| that in the future it plans to use a Linux-based operating system in its more
| expensive models.
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http://noknok.tv/2008/12/09/linux-maemo-to-be-used-in-high-end-mobiles/
Linux smartphones: Nokia remains the odd one out
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| Ukko Lappalainen, vice president of Nokia's Nseries division, in an interview
| on the sidelines of the Nokia World 2008 conference in Barcelona said "In the
| longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for our high-end
| phones,". In another interview with Reuters news agency Lappalainen also said
| Nokia will continue to develop its own maemo Linux platform: "I don't see
| anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo".
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/120006
Nokia eyes wider use of Linux software in phones
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| The world's biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia, could start to use open-source
| Linux software on its more expensive phone models, a senior company official
| said on Tuesday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4B16IO20081202
Nokia dismisses Android, eyes Linux for its high-end phones
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| On the day Nokia unveiled the power-packed Nokia N97 in Barcelona, vice
| president at Nokia’s markets unit Ukko Lappalainen took time to comment on
| the possibility of seeing Linux on more of their phones, as well as the
| open-source Google Android platform.
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http://www.unwiredview.com/2008/12/02/nokia-dismisses-android-eyes-linux-for-its-high-end-phones/
Android not for Nokia
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| Nokia has admitted Linux could take centre stage on future high-end handsets,
| but has dismissed adopting Android.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/240480/android-not-for-nokia.html
Home Automation the Nokia Way
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| Nokia has opened a home automation project based around a Linux platform.
| They say you will be able to control your home from a browser or tablet or a
| cellphone. Direct to the project page.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2008/11/29/54957
Nokia alludes to Linux phone plans
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| Nokia may move to Linux for some of its higher end smartphones, a senior
| official was quoted as saying in a Reuters article. Nokia VP Ukko Lappalainen
| was quoted as saying, "In the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious
| alternative for our high-end phones."
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5340331149.html?kc=rss
Nokia spins open Linux home automation gateway
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| Nokia announced a home automation system based on the open source OpenWrt
| Linux distribution. Due in late 2009, the Z-wave wireless radio-equipped
| Nokia Home Control Center will let users remotely control security,
| automation, and energy management applications via their mobile phones, says
| Nokia.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3513779569.html?kc=rss
Nokia looks beyond Symbian to Linux
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| With a 47.9 percent stake in Symbian, the leading mobile platform that it
| co-founded in 1998 and which today powers some 206 million mobile phones,
| Nokia has long championed it at the expense of rival platforms such as Linux.
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| No longer.
|
| The mobile-phone maker is increasingly selecting Linux for Internet-enabled
| mobile devices, with its CFO declaring of Linux, "It's going to be terribly
| important."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9949262-7.html
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