Thread: Closed Source Packages in Maemo
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korbé is offline korbé
2009-09-26 , 14:59
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#185
Originally Posted by ysss View Post
Yeah.. what does need to happen if, say, Motorola wants to make use of Maemo in one of their new device anyway?
If Motorola wants to use "Maemo" on one of these phones, now they can.

For proprietary software/driver in Hardware layer:
They use their drivers for their hardware. This is not a problem.

For proprietary software in application layer:
They replace these proprietary software by FOSS equivalent. After Having redesigned the UI and, if required, add one or two fonctionalities and the same API.

In concluding, they will get a Maemo freer, more open and with more fonctionalities.

Nokia will not prevent copying of Maemo, even if it was 100% proprietary. The iPhone is an example: 100% proprietary and it exist Chinese copies.

Instead, Nokia should make "these copies" an advantage. This is why the GPL exists.