Aren't we getting too obsessed with the details? :) ext Dave Neary wrote: > So, as long as the project is free software, all 3?
Community is a requirement, free software is not. Between a non-profit developer working in community mood with some freedom (like Henrik when he started Mauku) or a corporation producing pure free software with some community (like Sun Microsystems and OOo) the first is a better candidate for this call. > Companies looking to > have development funded, developers looking to make a living off their > project, and other volunteer developers looking simply for more help are > all in your target group? "Companies" is a vague term. You are a company and a single man. Nokia is a company with thousands of employees. Again, "community" is the word. Yes, we might consider projects with some kind of professional setting behind but this is not the type of action Forum Nokia drives to get commercial and professional developers to work on Nokia platforms. > Again, the question is something like: what's > the result of being selected as a "winner"? Again, we will help you impressing real users the day Maemo 5 goes out. Different projects need different help and this is why we are not offering a defined package in advance. We think it's better to look for those key projects now and then listen to their needs. Dave, why I keep not explaining myself? Is it perhaps because this sounds to one of those developer programs where winners get a fixed amount of money, gadgets or a trip to Las Vegas? This is not one of those, otherwise it would be highly regulated with terms and dates. There is a reason why this started with a simple mail discussion, like communities discuss. As we saw yesterday, only the discussion is already helpful for some developers and projects. And I expect this exercise to be useful not only for the projects selected but to anybody looking for feedback and help to make her project a Fremantle Star. -- Quim Gil marketing manager, open source Maemo Software @ Nokia _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
