Thread: A significant day in community governance?
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gerbick
2011-08-03 , 14:55
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Originally Posted by abill_uk View Post
I guess i am at one end of the field and you the other.
Quite.

You just said "LF is stating that they are not going to house possibly patent infringing software", ok now look at the situation when linux was applied to the N900 then applied to this community to further develop?.
It has absolute zero to do with Linux. It has more to do with the repositories and applications. The way applications will be handled by the hobbyist and community developer is what is in question. Not the OS. Not Linux.

Re-read this wiki article...

Originally Posted by MeeGo Wiki
LF have refused permission to :
  • use the domain apps.meego.com or apps.for.meego.com to identify the service
  • host the apps.meego.com service within the MeeGo infrastructure at OSU
Nowhere in there does it say that Linux dies. In fact, it doesn't say that Maemo/MeeGo dies. What does get affected is if you are a developer, that's not working for Skype or Nokia or Electronic Arts or Corporation X (any company), the repositories that we know and use for Maemo (Maemo Extras for instance) is what is in question - among other things.

So what's community involvement beyond bug fixes, patches and improvement of the base OS? How do you get your apps out there? Does Intel AppUp include developers? Does it include non-commercial and non-x86 apps?

Community is the problem. It's involvement has changed. And there's no answer.

Not that Linux is going away or fell on its face or <insert any other wrong statement here>. Seriously... pull back, re-read what's going on, and you'll see that the problem is nowhere near where you're concentrating.

It's a huge problem, and you're just kilometers/miles away in your questions and concerns.
 

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