> I really like this idea. I know we can contact Openmoko and sign the > NDA to get the data sheet, but it seems to negate the point of free > software for me (everything being open and developing as a > community). Here > http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td1505667i40 Wolfgang > Spraul feels promises were broken in regards to opening > documentation- so our letters of complaint would be valid. If enough > pissed off people write in, would they open up the specs?
Actually, they will probably just delete your e-mails and trash your mails. I tried: On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:37:27 +0300 **** <*...@****.****> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm writing on this address only because it was the only e-mail > contact I found on your site. If it's possible for you to forward it > to a more relevant department (management, engineering, design, ...) > then please do so. > > My questions regard your Glamo 3362 chip that is used in my new phone > - Neo Freerunner. I'm wondering on the constraints that you have set > on the documentation concerning this chip. As you probably know, > Openmoko is all about freedom, both in software and hardware. This has > managed the company to draw a considerable community around it, many > members of it quite skilled in both software and hardware development. > I'm not kidding myself with hoping you to make your hardware > completely open but I would really care for letting the community > have access to the documentation. As I've understood, your > documentation is only available under heavy NDA and can thus only be > accessed by Openmoko employees. For that reason the potential of your > hardware remains largely unused. There are many new ideas that could > be made work on the chip and quite a lot of problems that could > easily be engineered around if we only had the means to. > Unfortunately this is too big of a job for the Openmoko team to do by > themselves (which is probably why they decided to abandon the Glamo > chip for the next version of Freerunner - GTA03). This is why I ask > if there is a possibility the Glamo documentation will be released to > the public. What are the problems you expect following this potential > action? What are the reasons the documentation has been kept secret > for the time being? > > I would be most grateful if you could reply to these few questions and > consider my points for a minute. I'm sure respecting and trusting your > customers would open up a completely new market for your exellent > hardware. > > I hope to hear from you soon, > **** **** I did not receive a reply and reminded them two weeks later. Still haven't got a reply. You're welcome to try though. Perhaps they'll give in once enough of a number contacts them. Yogiz _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community