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		nailer 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: KDE at 30 KDE is the ultimate "lost the battle won the war" story. KDE didn't replace Windows as the most popular desktop OS, but 99% chance you're looking at this in a browser that's derived from KDE (Konqueror begat webkit begat Blink) and it's open source because KDE's license made it that way.

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MaxBarraclough 18 hours ago [–]

> and it's open source because KDE's license made it that way

Chromium is open source, but Chrome isn't. Blink, WebKit, and for that matter KHTML, are available under permissive licences.

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