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03/06/2013, 07:36 PM
#4
 Originally Posted by NCCaniac
Technically the "open source" code was not bought. When LG purchased webOS from HP, they bought the webOS code that HP was using and licensing rights to the patents that underpin webOS. What LG also agreed to do was, as the owner of the non-open source webOS, to continue to collaborate with the community that works on open webOS and to continue to contribute code to that project from time to time as they see fit. Most open source projects that have ongoing development have one or more corporate "sponsors" who actively participate in the community that continues to advance the open source code.
So, LG is agreeing to continue supporting the effort instead of HP. LG is not obligated to do this, so the fact that they are willing to do this as part of the contract to buy the proprietary webOS is positive....at least more positive than if they had said we do not care about open webOS.
ok I thought it was something like this but couldn't discern from the press release so they bought the last remaining pieces of webos that couldn't be opensourced, thanks help a bunch
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