ext Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Frantisek Dufka wrote:
>> Quim Gil wrote:
>>> I'm a bit surprised about the little discussion generated by our call to
>>> support cool projects.
>>>
>>> Was the call so casual that it ended up being unclear?
>> Well, to me it is a bit unclear how Nokia could help to specific 
>> projects.
> 
> The same comment from me - I'm unsure exactly what you're expecting,
> what types of projects are elligible,

Still unsure? My fault, then. Let's put it like this:

We want Maemo 5 explorers squeezing Fremantle and making amazing
end-user ready products out of it.

> Whether existing projects can apply (or, on the contrary, cannot apply)

Of course they can, but if an existing project in thinks 'we are done,
it's just about porting/fixing bugs' then it is probably not the best
candidate. Fresh thinking and more creativity is needed.


> It's a little unclear whether it's targeting volunteer developers
> working on this in their spare time who might be interested in making a
> living on it, or companies who are working on free software, or
> volunteers who just want a hand, but are very happy staying volunteers.

We are referring here to community projects, which imply open planning
and development. In practice this calls primarily to volunteers and open
source code but maybe there are exceptions worth considering - you decide.

-- 
Quim Gil
marketing manager, open source
Maemo Software @ Nokia
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