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Qt Project
Founded21 October 2011; 13 years ago (2011-10-21)
FounderNokia
TypeCommunity
FocusFree software
ProductsQt, Qt Creator
MethodDevelopment and documentation
WebsiteThe Qt Project

The Qt Project is a project to co-ordinate the development of the Qt software framework. The project was founded by Nokia,[1] and has been led by Digia’s subsidiary The Qt Company since it acquired Qt software technologies, trademarks and personnel from Nokia.[2]

Overview

The Qt Project was founded on 21 October 2011.[1][3] In August 2012 Digia announced to acquire all rights to Qt and take Nokia’s role within the Qt Project.[2]

The Qt Project is not a separate legal entity or organization; Digia retains all trademarks around Qt.[4][5]

Qt's Open Governance is modelled after WebKit's.[6][7]

Decision-making takes place in a process the project describes as "lazy consensus".[8]

The project facilitates online communication among its developers and community members through public forums,[9] mailing lists,[10] and wiki pages.[11]

Participating organizations

Distribution of non-Digia Qt contributors (2013, Week 18)

Aside from the project leader Digia and various individuals, a number of other organizations participate in the Qt Project.[12] Second-largest Qt contributor is KDAB, a Swedish Qt consulting company.[13] KDAB is involved in many areas, including maintenance of several components.[14][15] KDAB together with RIM/BlackBerry are maintaining the QNX and BlackBerry 10 ports of Qt.[12][16]

Also a big participator is Intel, contributing for example Wayland support.[17] AudioCodes maintains IBM ClearCase support in Qt Creator.[18]

Another source of participation comes from various people of the KDE community, implementing features from and for KDE Frameworks in Qt.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Lydia Pintscher (21 October 2011). "KDE Applauds Qt's Move to Open Governance". KDE.News. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Digia to acquire Qt from Nokia". Digia.com. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ Meyer, David (24 October 2011). "Nokia gives Qt open-source governance". ZDNet. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  4. ^ "About us - Digia Plc". Qt.digia.com. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Qt Project". Qt Project. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Nokia: Qt 5 soll im April 2012 erscheinen" (in German). Golem.de. 16 June 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  7. ^ Anita Klingler (24 October 2011). "Nokia startet Qt-Projekt mit unabhängiger Infrastruktur" (in German). Zdnet.de. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  8. ^ "The_Qt_Governance_Model | Qt Wiki". Qt Project. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  9. ^ "forums". Qt Project. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Mailing Lists". Lists.qt-project.org. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  11. ^ "index | Qt Wiki". Qt Project. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  12. ^ a b Macieira, Thiago. "Qt Project Statistics". Thiago Macieira's blog. Macieira.org. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  13. ^ "contributions to Qt 5.0 (part 1)". KDAB. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  14. ^ "contributions to Qt 5.0 (part 2)". KDAB. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  15. ^ "Maintaining Qt3D". KDAB. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  16. ^ "Qt5 on the QNX operating system". KDAB. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  17. ^ "[Phoronix] Qt Is Now Drawing On Wayland". Phoronix.com. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  18. ^ "Maintainers | Qt Wiki". Qt Project. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  19. ^ "Frameworks/Epics/Contributions to Qt5". KDE Community Wiki. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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