A former employee who was charged with Opera for claims of about 300 million clarified the background by blogging

BySalFalko

It is in NorwayOpera SoftwareA former employee Trondo Warner Hansen, who was sued for a lawsuit with a total of 20 million Norwegian Krone (about 337 million yen) caused by former employees as a breach of contract, on his own blog I have clarified the circumstances that led to the lawsuit.

So my former employer Opera Software has filed a ... - trond werner hansen
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Mr. Hansen worked in opera software as a lead designer and developer of desktop browsers from 1999 to 2006, and Mr. Hansen mainly worked at that time mainlyTab browser·Integrated search·Speed ​​dial·Mouse gestureIt was about that.

ByEquilense

Hansen said that in 2006WebkitFor Windows based onOpen SourceNotice that there was nothing mainstreamed in the browser yet, after leaving the opera software in the same year, he began to develop a new browser "GB". In 2007MozillaYaGoogle,FlockHansen had an opportunity to discuss the future of the browser with companies such as Hansen, Mr. Hansen felt fascinated with the development of GB, but finally selected a career as a musician quite different from the developer, and from the development of GB It is said that he drew.

In 2008 he was the co-founder of opera software at the timeCEOmetYon Stevenson von TetznerWhen Mr. Hansen contacted Mr. Hansen about the reinstatement to opera software, Mr. Hansen proposed Mr. Tetsner to develop the sleeping project GB as a new Opera browser. According to Mr. Hansen, although Mr. Tetzner was quite interested in GB, when it comes to business talks, it is not possible to compromise in terms of terms, eventually it seems that no matter about GB was gathered.

ByLhuiz

In early 2009 Mr. Hansen had a contract with Opera Software again as a consultant and worked until 2010 until the contract was terminated. Mr. Hansen was then CEOLars BorisenMr. Mr. Borisen was not able to get approval though Mr. Borisen told me that GB's idea and direction still have value and I would like to undertake an open source project like Mozilla Firefox.

After leaving Opera again, Mr. Hansen signed a contract to work as a consultant with Mozilla in the summer of 2012, and a prototype browser based on touch operation "Junior"Has been released.

ByMyTudut

According to Mr. Hansen, Junior has nothing to do with the lawsuit raised by opera software, but one of Junior's features Mozilla employees released in the video of the press conference "Search tabsIt is the cause of this case litigation. Opera software claims that "Search tabs" is the evidence that Mr. Hansen transferred the information prohibited to the public to Mozilla.

The state of the interview when Mozilla made Junior public can be confirmed from the following movie.

Browser Junior for iPad from Mozilla - YouTube


Mr. Hansen is innocent, denying the opera software claim from a straight line saying that this case is wrong, it is noteworthy what kind of judgment will be given in the future.