Thread: Sailfish OS (officially) on Sony Xperia devices
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Thoke is offline Thoke
2017-06-30 , 15:16
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#524
Originally Posted by meet.vino View Post
I repeat my question, would Jolla be breaching any law if they provide official support to Community Ports. If yes, would paying money, say some kind of fees make it legal??
Without actually knowing anything at all about the situation, as someone already mentioned, what you would be (probably) paying for is:
  • automated installer
  • support service (OS updates) by Jolla
  • licensed packages like Alien Dalvik, Nokia Maps, etc (maybe some codecs, exfat support?)

One example: A Linux distribution that sells an "upgraded" version of itself and the packages are gpl: https://zorinos.com/download/

EDIT: Seems Zorin "Ultimate" requires donation to download. So there's a "difference"
Maybe more apt comparison would be Red Hat?
Last edited by Thoke; 2017-06-30 at 15:34.
 

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