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Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post
The discussion only dealt with licenses that prohibit commercial usage of the software - there are GPLv2 licensed materials in Ubuntu - and my own personal scripts are BSD-licensed. The point about GPLv3 was that the mere existence of GPLv3 licensed materials in the base system makes sure Mer will be used in open devices (Tivoization protection), living up to the motto of open device open platform (which Nokia tablets are) in contrast to let's say, T-Mobile G1, which is closed device open platform.
I just would like to warn here about some possible mis-interpretations from readers and to make some points.

Nokia tablets are not open devices/platform neither: HW is closed, no documentation/schematics, you can't install any other operating system standalone without relying on their proprietary bit-banging controlling software. SW platform is closed too, you can't install Maemo on any other device without the important bits that are proprietary and without Nokia blessing or changing the branding name.

I don't see the point in GPLv3 for Mer self components when Mer itself (as any other operating system for Nokia tablets) relies on proprietary components. If binary object linkage exists it would be incompatible.

I myself applaud Nokia for being a contributor to the open source ecosystem but selling or saying that the tablets are open devices is misleading, a trap I fell myself once.

Good news is that it seems the new tablet RX-51 would be more open, probably at the same level as the ADP1 (and at a lesser degree, the G1) which have all it's hardware fully working with GPLv2 drivers _and_ without bit-banging interfaces.

Anyway as always keep the good work!
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