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Originally Posted by lma View Post
Thanks, just make it clear that this is not a request for opening up any components that are not already open, but for enabling the community to publish its own unofficial updates.
We already have that deal with Mer -and- for community editions of Diablo etc. Nokia has no problem distributing Nokia-closed software to Nokia tablets (qgil posted this somewhere). It's just a tough task to set up, get all stakeholders involved, etc. Heck, we're still in progress with Mer to do this.
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