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#166
Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
You say Nokia handed maemo.org to the community.

However, maemo.org has
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Contribution Guidelines
that read as though maemo.org is a Nokia website
Old pages that I already said that could be removed when maemo.org got the new homepage design. A design that was driven entirely by a community team.

and of course the domain name is still property of Nokia
Domain Name Registration .

So maybe you meant to say "hands off"?
The Maemo community has no legal entity on its own. It's a group of individuals. In order to transfer a domain you need a real individual or organzation to transfer it. At the moment it looks like Nokia is still the best option but if you have better alternatives we can discuss them.

Beyond the domain ownership, Nokia doesn't give orders to the council or even to the maemo.org staff paid with Nokia budget.

And maybe we can explore Texrat's thought to free up maemo.org?
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...6&postcount=47
"I suggest we start lobbying to free up the maemo.org trademark.", Texrat says.

This sentence needs clarification since currently there is no such "maemo.org trademark". maemo.org is part of the Maemo trademark owned by Nokia. The maemo.org logo was designed and seleted in a communty contest and it has a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

What does Texrat's proposal mean in practice? What is the freedom sought with this proposal?

And in general, what proposal pushed by the Maemo community affecting maemo.org has been stopped by Nokia? Guys, you are really steering this boat. We at Nokia help when/where it makes sense to complement your efforts.
 

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