# Open Source even after Qualcomm takeover?

**URL:** <https://forum.modular.com/t/open-source-even-after-qualcomm-takeover/3274>\
**Category:** Licensing\
**Created:** [June 24, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/open-source-even-after-qualcomm-takeover/3274 "2026-06-24T17:56:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kausch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e95f7d/32.png) [@Kausch](https://forum.modular.com/u/Kausch)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/open-source-even-after-qualcomm-takeover/3274/1 "2026-06-24T17:56:26Z")

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Dear Modular team,

Congratulations on an interesting and important news. I was a bit surprised and confused by it though as Qualcomm hasn’t had a pro open-source image so far.

It is exciting from a hardware perspective if Mojo lands for the Snapdragon platform on phones & laptops, and perhaps even RISC-V on server and edge. But Linux support on X/X2 elite is still immature.

In any case, the non-Nvidia tier licensing would become weird when Qualcomm support lands. My immediate concerns though are about the permissible open source tier that hopefully isn’t stunted. That Mojo & MAX remain free and open to get into for the hobbyists and open source devs, and those inconspicuous tiny startups who might prefer to be valuable around a niche and not try to be in any billion dollar rush.

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**Author:** ![conorbronsdon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@conorbronsdon](https://forum.modular.com/u/conorbronsdon)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/open-source-even-after-qualcomm-takeover/3274/2 "2026-06-24T18:27:08Z")

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Hi @Kausch - we are still open sourcing Mojo this year - we can’t wait to share the details at [ModCon, August 18th in San Francisco](https://x.com/Modular/status/2069787078032834635?s=20). This will be live streamed.

We hear you, and thank you for all the questions. We can’t address them right now, but we will host a community meeting to be scheduled soon and focused on answering questions from the community. Stay tuned for more details.