I think Maemo don't want third party developers stealing their coolest ideas. You can have them when everyone else does, not before!

I think an SDL library would probably do the trick. I don't think many game developers / porters would be upset if they were told to use SDL.

Having watched this pattern repeat itself in the forums and on the mailing lists, I'd like to suggest that Nokia employees don't waste "busy morning" time defending current policy or decisions. It doesn't seem to move the conversation forward, it often doesn't placate the complainers, and it often just adds fuel to the fire and spawns a long argument that doesn't lead anywhere new.

Focus on the stuff that you believe is valid and can be changed; don't waste time arguing about things that aren't a priority for Maemo or Nokia.

This only applies to when you're wearing your Nokia hats. Feel free to argue about anything you want as community members. The problem is that posts from ragnar, qgil or Peter@Maemo Marketing (among others) will rarely or never be interpreted as community member posts.