> ----- Original message ----- > From: "Foster, Dawn M" <dawn.m.fos...@intel.com> > To: "Jayabharath, Goluguri" <jayabhar...@ti.com> > cc: "Randall Arnold" <tex...@ovi.com>, "MeeGo community" > <meego-community@meego.com> > Subject: Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:35:36 -0800 > > >Note: removing the meego-dev list to avoid cross posting, since this > topic is more appropriate for the community list. > > On Dec 2, 2010, at 5:25 PM, Jayabharath, Goluguri wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Randall Arnold <tex...@ovi.com> > > wrote: I do disagree with the production device requirement though. > > Prototypes should be allowed also, and if this program is to > > include Beagleboards, Pandaboards, et al, then the requirement > > certainly needs to be broadened (or subcategorized). > > > > I agree with you. As the this needs to be broadened to cover > > development platforms and not just production devices. > > As long as the company doesn't require a huge stack of paperwork and > legal agreements for those pre-production systems, we could probably > include them. Many companies require signatures on legal agreements > for systems that aren't publicly available, and we can't really > administer those through a shared program. So maybe the restriction > is that if it requires legal paperwork to release the systems, those > need to be made available directly from the company providing them > and not through the Linux Foundation MeeGo device program. For > example, at Intel we provide people with pre-production systems, but > those we'll continue to administer on our own (even for MeeGo > community members), since they require some NDAs and other paperwork. >
That sort of policy makes sense for prototypes and such. For development platforms (Beagleboard, Pandaboard) which are not consumer devices, we just need to add a new category. Not an end product, but no NDA required, either. Sounds like we've nailed that part. ;) Randy -------------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com _______________________________________________ MeeGo-community mailing list MeeGo-community@meego.com http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community
