Hi,
ext Andrew Flegg wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Quim Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My personal opinion (and I insist in the "personal" bit) is that a
>> requisite to continue any Hacker Edition model is to have the community
>> hackers not only involved but driving.
>
> Agreed. But Nokia need to do some more work to make this viable. As I
> outline in my "maemo.org: what next?" post[1], I'm afraid you can't
> get this for free.
>
> The community *could* maintain the Hacker Editions, but currently the
> level of work involved would be too great to make it worthwhile. For
> example (and I've not tried any of this myself, since I no longer have
> a 770, so please forgive any errors):
>
> * How can the community create an easy to install FIASCO image?
> * How can the community easily recompile large numbers of source packages
> from Maemo 3.x and 4.x with 770-compatible optimisations?
> * Are the changes which were necessary to build the existing HEs integrated
> upstream; is the series of patches applyable and maintainable over a
> given codebase?
> * Is it clear which bits of an N800 firmware image need to be extracted and
> reused wholesale, and which bits of an existing 770 firmware image need to
> copied verbatim as they are binary blobs?
> * Can the kernel be updated and still maintain user-expected
> functionality such
> as wifi, BT and power management?
> * If all the above is possible, can the community actually
> redistribute the images
> in compliance with the click-through EULA on ITOS firmware downloads,
> which
> prohibits redistribution?
And:
* Which of the 3rd party binary blobs (flashplayer[1], fonts etc) in
the newer release would require users to buy extra licensees to
legally use it on another product. And for which they can actually
do this
[1] For example, you need to buy a license for using Flashplayer on
an embedded device:
"Usage of Adobe Web Players is only permitted for supported
platforms; usage rights on non-PC devices or embedded systems
are not granted by this license."
see: http://www.adobe.com/licensing/distribution/
A few years ago the minimum number of licensees was 1000:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4552853449.html
The current Flashplayer and other binary blobs may have similar
restrictions.
- Eero
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