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2012-01-28 , 15:28
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Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
Aaron mentions Mer in the "Credits" secion of his blog post, but stays unclear about the actual relationship between Spark and Mer. Is the OS we'll see on Spark really based on Mer? Or did the Mer project "only" (...) help with their expertise every now and then?

(In other words: Will Spark run "an instance of Mer" ?)
Plasma Active builds on top of multiple OS'es, it being KDE and all, but from what I know, it's PA on top of Mer.

They (Basyskom, Plasma Active, etc) are actively involved with doing PA on top of Mer, most of the demos they've shown outside PC world has been on top of Mer.

I agree the relationship is looking a bit murky from that blog post, but what's being advertised is their product (Plasma Active + Spark) - Mer is just a tool to make this work and do it easier.

(We don't do instances or even murky trademark stuff - people base on Mer or they don't - it's a technical question)
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