Thread: Should MeeGo developers continue to publish info on this forum for maemo users (wrt Nokia device support)?
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tekki is offline tekki
2011-08-31 , 04:26
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#175
Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Why won't Nokia and the community members just come straight out and say the one thing that's not been said so far... the future here is capped, the source will never be released, enjoy what you have for as long as it works... have a good day.

Simple. Clear. Seems to precisely what needs to be said.
At least in N900 hardware adaptation for MeeGo, for those binaries that are currently closed, I find it unlikely their source will ever be released.

What does matter is if there's work to somehow make the binaries sustainable. Ie, things that are closed, but redistributable, maintained or otherwise technically made to automatically recompile against newest targets.

I maintain it's better we have working functionality of some hardware parts through some few closed binaries than nothing at all. OpenGL ES Software rendering is such a drag.