On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 13:07 +0100, ext Nils Faerber wrote:
...
> > I am very sceptical about all that and don't really buy that
> > "redefintion" of MeeGo within Nokia as a "learning platform for future
> > disruptions". Even if it somehow survives within Nokia as a side project
> > for geeks, it won't receive serious support, just as Maemo never did.

I heard Intel is still working on future MeeGo devices.

...
> So I think we should free as much of Maemo5 as possible(*), put it into
> the open and ask Nokia for a guarantee of keeping the internet platforms
> (namely *.maemo.org) up and running or at least give enough time to
> mirror them to some other hosting service.
> And then make Maemo5 *the* true open source mobile platform.
> There are other devices evolving which could need it - google for GTA04
> for example. And once it has been ported to another device (for the
> timebeing I am not aware of any Maemo port to non-Nokia hardware) other
> manufacturers will surely jump - not everyone wants Android but it is
> currently the most portable and featureful platform. We could change that.
> 
> 
> (*) I am unsure how much of Maemo5 Fremantle is still closed. As far as
> I know it still contains quite some closed source components. A list of
> closed components would be good to have BTW...

Here is a list, dunno how up-to-date, though:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Why_the_closed_packages

-Kimmo

> 
> > Dawid 'evad' Lorenz * http://dawid.lorenz.co <http://dawid.lorenz.co/>
> Cheers
>   nils
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