Sailfish OS Closed Source Components
 

I heard Sailfish OS had several closed bits in it like Maemo. I heard that the user interface and the Jolla components were closed source. If Jolla is yet another Quasi-open source os like Maemo was then I will look elsewhere. Can anyone confirm that this is true or false?

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http://www.legaljuice.com/closed%20sign.png

I'm pretty sure some things are closed, but that doesn't necessarily make it a bad OS. I'm sure Sailfish is just as closed or as open as other OSes.

http://itsopen.co.uk/site/wp-content...cial-media.png

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Re: Sailfish OS Closed Source Components
 

yes it has closed components. Not that it matters. Every distro has some closed parts.

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Yeah go look somewhere else and realise that there is NO fully opensource on embedded. Not even a hobbyproject like raspberrypi is fully opensource.

Silica will probadly be open. What will not is the apps and GFX stack etc...

There is already a thread about this here

Now please merge this thread.

The user interface and some components are closed as it has been stated by themselves several times BUT they also stated that this will/may change in the future. I think they are trying to protect the os components, ui, etc. from others untill & after the release since they don't have the power to patent everything.

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Not really. Mobile ones do. I don't like the N9 vis'a'vis the N900 as the N9 is far more restricted. (besides I dont like the OS or hardware compared to N900.)

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sailfish ui/ux is excellent, it does not matyer to me if the ui is open or closed.

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Whether a UI is excellent or not is irrelevant. Openness is important.
edit: I realize drivers and what not will be closed but a platform should be open enough to port it to other hardware. The user interface is a pretty important component and should be open.

Re: Sailfish OS Closed Source Components
 

For information on this you'll have to wait until the release. Too early to say what will be closed or open yet.