Well, there is that too--but I don't think that's relevant here. The problem isn't that it's a ridiculous form of open-source, it's that, for almost the entire life of these products, there's a large portion of GPLv2 open-source code being held captive by some few, but critical, completely closed-source drivers and other programs you're forced to have as part of a system image. More and more of it became open-sourced, but I've got a feeling it has less to do with Nokia and more to do with the component manufacturers themselves providing the openness more and more. A lot of simple Nokia-made software on the tablets (like that god-awful media player) remained closed all while drivers were opening.

Of course Maemo 5 is more stable on your tablet--it was made for it and it's the FIFTH iteration to work on this similar OMAP architecture. Meego is only JUST having its first go (hah... get it, meego) at running on OMAP like this. The intention, if I understand it right, is to migrate to a distribution that will last longer-term. Maybe even possibly carrying Nokia's good-will and influence on to other hardware as well, by taking credit for getting a community around this new OS. If the latter is right, I might feel better about Nokia's position on this--since it'll be less about NOKIA locking you in to their product with closed drivers and software and more about the liberated operating system. THAT might change a lot of my cynicism in their brand right now. We'll see.

Naw, it was already spelled out for you in the license. Especially the parts that point out that the Linux kernel itself is GPLv2 and portions of the OS image fall under other licenses and may not be openly available.