Comment by gritspants
3 hours ago
I hope someone comes along with a better recollection than I have. When KDE 1 came out there were some bitter licensing discussions on /. and elsewhere, largely regarding Qt. I had high hopes for Enlightenment and later Gnome but they mostly seemed to fail.
I'm not sure what you're trying to recall, but regarding Qt licensing, perhaps you'll find this interesting:
https://kde.org/community/whatiskde/kdefreeqtfoundation/