observe closer then, neither of the assumptions in your statement is correct [edit2](sorry, not all is incorrect. I fully agree on the beergarden weather ;-D )[/edit2]. The progress is, in particular, the scheduled BoD meeting on Friday, which will hopefully sort all that stuff for good. And - as already stated - all this has little to no impact on "the FOSS project" at large, techstaff and volunteers are on the safe side regarding that, the *only* thing that's at peril somehow right now is the contract with Nokia and subsequently the DNS "maemo.org" and "the FOSS project's" legal status when distributing Nokia closed blobs. All three not exactly something that could kill a lively FOSS project. [edit] I forgot about the donations/funds that donors of community transferred to HiFo and that's also under HiFo control and so far has been made very little use of and would have unclear status and future if HiFo would implode or whatever is worst case scenario of all this [/edit]
What it could kill though is volunteers' and techstaff's motivation and peace of mind, even their bank account when legal issues would ensue. So nothing *you* need to worry about, unless you feel with us.

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