This is the second time Microsoft has run into a naming conflict when promoting its new open source products without first checking for existing projects with the same names. If the last time there was a conflict the intersection of the names "GVFS" (Git Virtual File System and GNOME Virtual File System), then this time the problems around the name MAUI.
Microsoft company new framework (Multi-platform App UI) for developing multi-platform user interfaces using the .NET platform. In fact, the new project was the result of renaming the framework , which it was decided to develop under a new name. The project code is open under the MIT license.
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open framework developers , developed under the auspices of the KDE project and also intended for the development of cross-platform graphical applications. The Maui project was founded by the creators of the distribution who develop their own Nomad desktop based on KDE technologies. Maui includes a set of components and templates for MauiKit interface elements created using the framework and Qt Quick Controls 2. MauiKit components allow you to create applications very quickly that can run on both mobile devices and desktop systems, including Android, Linux, Windows, macOS, and iOS.
Based on Maui, programs such as a music player are prepared , file manager , note-taking system , image viewer , text editor , terminal emulator and address book , the Library document viewer, and the Cinema video player.
All these applications form the basis of the mobile platform . A few days ago there was first official stable release of MauiKit and Maui Apps 1.1.0.
In addition, there has been a distribution kit for about five years Which Blue Systems, also promoting the distribution and providing funding for the development of Kubuntu. The distribution uses a pseudo-rolling package base model - based on LTS releases of Kubuntu, but the graphical environment is built from the KDE neon repository.
Both open source projects are widely known in the community, and if the Maui Linux distribution does not directly intersect in purpose with the new Microsoft product, then the Maui KDE framework completely falls into the same category of portable user interface development tools with it. By KDE Maui developers, such a name overlap is not allowed and will lead to a lot of confusion in the development environment. The Maui project was in 2018 year among the official projects of the KDE community and its name is also an abbreviation ("Multi-Adaptable User Interfaces"). In everyday life, the project name is often referred to in capital letters, as MAUI.
Microsoft representative that the official name of the new project is ".NET Multi-platform App UI", and MAUI is only its abbreviation and code name. The name MAUI has been reviewed by the legal department and approved for use. The intersection came as a surprise to developers at Microsoft, who recognized that hijacking was unacceptable and called for work to be started to resolve the conflict. Recall that the settlement naming conflict resulted in the renaming of the GVFS project to .
Source: opennet.ru