LG Has Acquired webOS From HP to Power Smart TVs

I was an insider at HP for a few months and the webOS plan was to spin it open source.  I guess that never happened.

Update: CNET has seems to have pulled the original story from its website. It's not clear yet whether that's a technical issue or a reflection on the story's veracity.

The deal will see LG take control of the source code for webOS, along with "related documentation, engineering talent, and related webOS websites." It also gets licenses from HP for use with its WebOS products, along with a slew of patents HP obtained from Palm. There's no word on how much the deal was worth.

This should be a good move for LG, and the framework for a tablet/tv interface has already been built in so it will be interesting to see what they do with it.

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