A virtual uprising that broke out among developers questioning One Laptop Per Child’s commitment to open-source software has prompted an official from the nonprofit effort to play peacemaker.

Doubts about OLPC’s commitment to open-source software surfaced after Chairman Nicholas Negroponte criticized Sugar, the user interface that currently works with the Linux-based XO laptops. Negroponte asked developers to extend Sugar’s development to Windows, which will make XO laptops more appealing to customers.

Without touching on the subject of Sugar for Windows, Kim Quirk, director of the technical team at OLPC, on Monday quelled any notion of OLPC abandoning open source.

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