[sorry, I pressed the wrong button before I finished] On 1/22/07 5:28 PM, "Milan Votava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 05:35 22.1.2007, you wrote: >> On 1/22/07 4:58 AM, "Milan Votava" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> It would be nice to know if Sean's aim is >>> >>> 1. to satisfy his and our need for open source toys like Neo >>> >>> or >>> >>> 2. to earn money like almost everybody on this planet while >>> exploiting geeks like us to achieve his goal :-) >>> >>> >>> I bet the second will prove as true... >> >> I wasn't going to respond to this email, but I find your response quite >> arrogant and feel I need correct you. >> >> Never has this project been about exploiting people. If you ready _any_ of >> our documents you will find that we're trying to create an open ecosystem >> for the mobile industry. Sure I hope this will make us money. Otherwise I >> would have neither A) the credit or B) the financial resources to go on >> pursuing my dreams. >> >> -Sean > > (sorry for my English) > > Don't get me wrong. I like (and share) your idea and I will try to be > among the first wave of people who will buy the device (if I will be > allowed after my post ;-) ) and start to develop for it. > > The only problem I have as a developer with the project is it's real > identity. Today in the time of a 'new' internet economy is becoming > very common to use communities as a part of a business plan and > camouflage this step as another open source geeky projects (like the > ones hosted on sourceforge etc). While I have no problem to invest my > energy and free time to work on these enthusiastic projects I will > be(maybe as a only one in this group) more careful to do the same for > the project where my position will be reduced to become a member of > an external workforce (from the perspective of you or the company > behind it) who is not even on a payroll. > > > (sorry for my English) > > Don't get me wrong. I like (and share) your idea and I will try to be > among the first wave of people who will buy the device (if I will be > allowed after my post ;-) ) and start to develop for it. Then why claim that I'm trying to exploit people? > The only problem I have as a developer with the project is it's real > identity. Today in the time of a 'new' internet economy is becoming > very common to use communities as a part of a business plan and > camouflage this step as another open source geeky projects (like the > ones hosted on sourceforge etc). While I have no problem to invest my > energy and free time to work on these enthusiastic projects I will > be(maybe as a only one in this group) more careful to do the same for > the project where my position will be reduced to become a member of > an external workforce (from the perspective of you or the company > behind it) who is not even on a payroll. I fear that this is getting into a "Free Will" type argument. Nobody's holding a gun to your head and saying "Develop for OpenMoko or your dead." What you do with our code is your choice. That's what GPL is all about. > I don't see anything arrogant on my post and I consider my question > as a legitimate one in the context of a really open community. I now understand that English is not your native tongue. Please forgive my directness, being a foreigner myself, I understand what it's like to use the wrong words unintentionally ;-) "Exploit" used in the context of people, is something not to be taking lightly. I _really_ don't want to come across as guy trying to exploit others for my personal benefit. Creating this project was not for exploitation. I sincerely want to see an open phone because I think it will benefit many people, including myself. But again, if you still feel this is exploitation, there are many companies making closed phones. Go buy one of them. -Sean _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community