Re: Linux is Open Source, Is it Possible for Maemo 5 to be Open Source too?
 

Cherry Trojan, I think, is some slang that developed for the piece that forced mynokia subscription upon PR1.2 update.

That's the best I could come up with through power search of this forum.

Edit:

Here's the thread, on the page where I got the info to make the above conclusion:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=57214&page=13

There's something about a .cherry_state file, and just in general rambling about the MyNokia subscription thing.

Re: Linux is Open Source, Is it Possible for Maemo 5 to be Open Source too?
 

I think Nokia should focus on building hardware and let the software be developed elsewhere. I can understand why some of maemo5 are closed but do not accept or agree upon it. Although the OS is pretty awesome it could have been even more awesome.

I hope Nokia will open up more.. especially the contacts widget. Also to make more easy to change to different OS. For that maybe a more open BME would be needed.

So even if Nokia have not gone the full yard yet.. they have brought us open-source lovers closer. They could easily have taken the other route. And Meego will take it a step further on that road.

Re: Linux is Open Source, Is it Possible for Maemo 5 to be Open Source too?
 

The primary threads are:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=57214
and
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=53565

The first one was already mentioned above, but I don't thing page 13 is the best place to start reading it.

Re: Linux is Open Source, Is it Possible for Maemo 5 to be Open Source too?
 

Re: Linux is Open Source, Is it Possible for Maemo 5 to be Open Source too?
 

I've been told that there is a law, i think in the UK, against "providing hacking tools", that Nokia would be prosecuted under if they released open GSM drivers and firmware and someone used those for evil purposes

Re: Linux is Open Source, Is it Possible for Maemo 5 to be Open Source too?
 

By that logic you can't sell computers in the UK, since they could be used for "evil purposes." I suspect the law is different from how you describe it.

Oh and IIRC the GSM firmware isn't Nokia's. I believe they sold their baseband group to Renesas and it is in fact their baseband firmware.

Re: Linux is Open Source, Is it Possible for Maemo 5 to be Open Source too?
 

Good news is there is actually an opensource GSM stack being developed. Bad news is, it's only GSM, and everything else is a lot more complicated. Worse news is that it's at the very earliest stages - last I read up on it it was able to listen to GSM signals, but not send anything.

And each hardware port is it's own challenge.