Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-30 Thread Florian Boor
Hi, Tollef Fog Heen schrieb: Just to correct this: Software under the ASL can use LGPL-ed code just fine. Think Apache HTTPd running on a normal Linux installation. glibc is LGPL, Apache is ASL. That's why we have the LGPL - even proprietary stuff can conk against LGPLed libraries. Of

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-30 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Klaus Rotter | vicente garcia wrote: | Hi, how you think Android will affect Maemo? | I suposse that Maemo has a lot of posibilities of be installing on a phone, | then... | | Android is distributed under Apache License. This means (to me) it can't | use GPL or LGPL code. Just to correct

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-30 Thread Klaus Rotter
Tollef Fog Heen wrote: Just to correct this: Software under the ASL can use LGPL-ed code just fine. Think Apache HTTPd running on a normal Linux installation. glibc is LGPL, Apache is ASL. But this is inaccurate: Since Android is based on Linux kernel (which is GPL'd with exceptions) how can

RE: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-15 Thread Sami.Kyostila
Martin Grimme wrote: why not Java and OpenGL as well? I'm confident that at least OpenGL on maemo is not far away. :) Porting a software OpenGL layer isn't that hard. Fabrice Bellards TinyGL would be a candidate for it, because the Omap 2420 (N8x0 uC) supports vfp.

Re: Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-14 Thread Martin Grimme
Hi, since Android makes heavy use of Java and OpenGL, there is a problem with the current maemo to support it. While the N8x0 hardware contains a 3D graphics chip and Java acceleration, both are not yet accessible on the maemo platform. But maybe Nokia is silently working on these 2 features...

Re: Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-14 Thread Claes H
On Nov 14, 2007 9:35 AM, Martin Grimme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Nokia already fulfilled our wishes for Flash 9, Mozilla-based webbrowser, swap-space, SDHC support, hw keyboard, GPS, Xcomposite, Bluetooth audio, so why not Java and OpenGL as well? I'm confident that at least OpenGL on

Re: Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-14 Thread Martin Grimme
From what I have read somewhere, Google is going to opensource Dalvik. Cheers, Martin 2007/11/14, Claes H [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Nov 14, 2007 9:35 AM, Martin Grimme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Nokia already fulfilled our wishes for Flash 9, Mozilla-based webbrowser, swap-space, SDHC

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-14 Thread Kate Alhola
ext Claes H wrote: On Nov 9, 2007 3:05 PM, vicente garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Android will probably gain a greater momentum than Maemo have had so far, since Google will push for it in a way that more people (and developers) will notice. It seems very easy to develop for and include

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-14 Thread Michael Dominic Kostrzewa
On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 15:38 +0200, ext Kate Alhola wrote: ext Claes H wrote: On Nov 9, 2007 3:05 PM, vicente garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Android will probably gain a greater momentum than Maemo have had so far, since Google will push for it in a way that more people (and

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-14 Thread Kate Alhola
Michael Dominic Kostrzewa wrote: Android has many good things on it but also what is better and most successful is not so clear. Technically Android is running same SW platform than maemo, so it won't be difficult to run android and maemo applications in maemo devices. If i quess, it wont

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-14 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Kate Alhola wrote: 1) No X That's no problem. Also Clutter run in maemo even it used OpenGl-ES directly. It can run in window or in fullscreen. It needs to integrate to X *somehow*. Otherwise you miss connectivity dialogs, battery notifications, power menu etc - Eero

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-14 Thread Graham Cobb
On Wednesday 14 November 2007 18:58:07 Klaus Rotter wrote: What I would really like to have is TV-out and a presentations player for Maemo. :-) Would be really nice to connect my N8x0 to a beamer. Yes, yes, yes, please!!! ___ maemo-developers mailing

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-14 Thread Tor
On 11/14/07, Klaus Rotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Porting a software OpenGL layer isn't that hard. Fabrice Bellards TinyGL would be a candidate for it, because the Omap 2420 (N8x0 uC) supports vfp. http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/TinyGL/ wohoo, Google Earth next! ;-)

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-13 Thread Claes H
On Nov 9, 2007 3:05 PM, vicente garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Android will be a bad thing to maemo. I'm suppose that Android is not for an specific phone, it's a platform for a set of phones that complains a standard. Android will probably gain a greater momentum than Maemo have had

Re: Android Vs. Maemo

2007-11-09 Thread vicente garcia
I think Android will be a bad thing to maemo. I'm suppose that Android is not for an specific phone, it's a platform for a set of phones that complains a standard. ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org