This thread was created to discuss the future of maemo.org and possibly decide on actions that should be taken to prepare for the chosen path. Unfortunately, your rants regarding Maemo source code and other peripheral matters have repeatedly derailed discussion.

As for officialness, we're a community. Nokia won't be providing us with an official direction. They currently provide money. Inevitably though, that money will stop flowing. That's about the limit of their involvement in this discussion.

The maemo.org Community Council is a representative and coordinating body, not a governing one. They'll have an official answer to provide once the greater community determines that answer.

At times such as this, open source communities shift even more toward meritocracies. Our decisions for the future are bounded by resource limitations. Money is certainly key, but skill and time investment are at least as critical. Should we find funding for a repository server, but lose everyone with knowledge of, and willingness to work with, the autobuilder and other related key tools, that limits our choices.

So, in the end, everyone in the community is welcome to have his or her say in the matter. However, those who back proposals not just with votes, but also commitments to, and proven track records of, helping with the actual work, will have greater influence than those who simply talk.