Hi Jan, Your fears are entirely ungrounded :)
First of all, there are no concrete plans or even arrangements as of now. From our point of view, RIOT lacks human interfaces (among other things), and if Ubuntu snappy apps turn out to be a fitting front end, we will probably support it, but not exclusively. Second, as far add I know Ubuntu is criticized primarily for reasons that have to do with decision making. RIOT aims to be a proper open source project, so I'm not afraid of Canonical taking over the reins or something like that. We (the core developers) are also in contact/affiliation with several other entities (companies and institutes) that have interests in RIOT or which are already using/financing/shaping development. (This means the influence of financially involved parties is distributed and it will most likely stay this way.) In this regard: we are currently in the process of creating a legal entity (a German Verein) with the goal of catering to both, RIOT's free software and financial needs. Cheers, Ludwig PS: this is not an official statement, just my personal view on things. Am 26. Januar 2015 10:42:39 MEZ, schrieb Jan Wagner <m...@jwagner.eu>: >Hi devs, > >dont know if this is right the list - but are there any technical >consequences? > >What does RIOT want from Ubuntu? >Are there any technnical plans of cooperation and how should Ubuntu >help with >that? >What is the plan of Ubuntu? - 'market positionig' ? - "just a act pure >love?" > >Beside the critic about Ubuntu that you might know or just google - I >clearly >ask myself >what this heavy commercialized dist want from RIOT? > >" “ The open Ninja Sphere controller based on Ubuntu Core is a perfect >base for >building >apps that interact with devices and sensors in your home. We look >forward to the >growth >of a new ecosystem of inventors and creators and are delighted to >provide them >with a blank >canvas for their creativity. ”" > >My fear: Is RIOT is assimilated into a future 'EZ CRAZY COOL NInJA >Ubuntu Core" >soon? > >Regards (parnoid) > >Jan > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >devel mailing list >devel@riot-os.org >http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@riot-os.org http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
