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2010-06-01 , 20:15
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Originally Posted by pantera1989 View Post
I don't know about the openness of the device. If you go to settings and About Product there is a paragraph about writing to Nokia to offer the source code on a CD. Has anyone tried asking for the code for the closed source drivers and packages.

And I think Nokia wouldn't just release the source to anyone because competitors like Android may use it. If you are a trusted source they might in my opinion.
Just because Nokia "gives you" the source code doesn't make it a "effort" towards free software. If Nokia, however, license it under a free software license so everyone can use, copy, modify and distribute then we can get on starting. Company's now seem to hide behind the shell that is "open source". Everyone can open source something and stuff it with a license that doesn't allow you to do a damn thing, if you have guts you license it as real free software.