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#649
Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post
* Mer Core, a fully open source mobile Core (http://www.merproject.org) and openly governed, used by multiple vendors
* A hardware adaptation, may or may not be closed source and may or may not be redistributable (like all other HW adaptations)
* A 'handset' project that serves to create a handset architecture, with general applications that work. Handset project is open source and openly governed (but not a democracy, see below).
* Company special sauce that makes device a <company> device, not possible to involve in by community and is closed source.
You could try to do what Id Software is doing and making delayed release of the source code for closed parts like 'special sauce'. It would be better than nothing.