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2009-10-22 , 21:12
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Originally Posted by ewan View Post
Is not the bulk of the Maemo OS, both the Nokia originated components as well as the externally written parts, licenced under free software licences? With the exception of a few apps and some hardware drivers most of the OS is available for anyone and everyone to run on anything. No?
Sure, but those are a large part of what makes Maemo Maemo (icd2, the various applets, etc.). So if you don't have those, you can't really call what you're shipping Maemo (obvious trademark issues aside).
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