Protecting against proprietary re-licensing with a community contract

" summary

Explains the KDE Free Qt Foundation’s community contract that complements Qt’s LGPL/commercial dual-licensing and guarantees community rights beyond the licences themselves. Describes how the contract gives the community a formal say over license changes, has survived multiple acquisitions (e.g., Nokia) and evolved over 25 years, and presents lessons for other projects wanting similar protections.

AI-written summary · about

" related talks

• 30mKDE Free Qt FoundationAdriaan de Groot · foss-north 2020
• 24mThe KDE Free Qt FoundationCornelius Schumacher · Akademy 2020
• 09mFla Fla Fla Fla Fla ing AliveAdriaan de Groot · Akademy 2020
• 34mGovernance in Open Source - KDE's modelAdriaan de Groot · foss-north 2018
• 03h 02mDay 1 - Room 2 Session 2Cornelius Schumacher, Johan Thelin, Aleix Pol i Gonzalez, Camilo Higuita, L.E. Segovia a.k.a. amyspark · Akademy 2020
• 43mSoftware Licensing and Compliance: It's All About CommunityDeb Nicholson · Open Source 101 at Home 2020
• 01h 04mQt's Open Governance Model, DiscussedThiago Maceiera · Qt Developer Days 2010 (Munich)
• 09mFinancial Support for Working on KDEJos van den Oever · Akademy 2024