Just furthering a rubbish idea...

What if these people who have split from Nokia since those departments were no longer able to be employed full-time by Nokia since those are not avenues within the company. They spin off those folks, do not fight their hiring(s) with new startups and then pledge a bit of support and a gentleman's agreement not to sue them, but to offer up their patent portfolio that might not be used as a way to earn extra money via licensing.

And this might be an external way to secure a possible disruptive mobile technology direction and if it gains support, it's not like Nokia couldn't bring them back in as a fully separate, but fully supported arm of Nokia using technology they once supported fully.

Damn I should write fiction...

Yeah. It's rubbish, but let's put it this way. I wish Jolla luck. I hope that Nokia doesn't sue them to oblivion nor hold out their patents that might not get used otherwise in this clearly all-Microsoft push.

And ultimately, I wish that we still have a place to call "our community" and we get to deal with a company that embraces that community mindset and will listen to the core community and still make decisions we can stand behind even if that community doesn't support each and every bullet point.

I like the fact that it's looking like we might have choices. Firefox OS, Jolla, et al. Now it all just has to happen.

And I'm willing to help even in my very minor ways if need be...