[bebb]

I've not used KDE for a very long time, are you saying that they now have shareware-style nag dialogs in KDE itself? Or is this just something on the KDE website, like Wikipedia does?

[sho_hn]

It's a desktop notification that fires once toward the end of the year. It can be disabled by the user, and distributions can also pre-disable it (some do).

> Or is this just something on the KDE website, like Wikipedia does?

In Wikipedia's case the website is the product, so I'd say it's about the same.

[LorenzoGood]

Yes but KDE actually needs money, unlike Wikipedia.

[GaryBluto]

> It's a desktop notification that fires once toward the end of the year.

Never thought I'd see the day when FOSS defends advertising embedded in a desktop environment.

[sho_hn]

It's not advertising. And what you quoted was an explanation, not a defense.