Thread: Would you miss the Council if it was gone?
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2010-08-12 , 13:38
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Before answering, I want to say that council are volunteers and spend a lot of time. Even if we disagree with what they have done or not done, they should be appreciated and thanked for their service. Most of them have been re-elected so acknowledge that. There is an election in one month so make various constructive comments at that time.

Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post
General problem is that open sourcing isn't just about slapping a license on things. It's validating you own the thing, if it's not patent encumbered, trademark encumbered, etc. Checking for validity of the context it's put in. This process takes time and effort.
Sorry, but this is too simply stated to be correct. There are admitted difficulties with open sourcing, but less so when the software was intended from the start to be an open source project (and at this point, I and others question Nokia's original intentions). Open-sourcing does not mean that the person who contributes the code insures that there is no patent, tm, infringement.

Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post
Fremantle was 43% open source. MeeGo on N900 is 99%, with 1% closed source (SGX, bt firmware, wlan firmware, BME).

Which is more difficult and waste of eachothers time:

* Making MeeGo more great by contributing more open code, apps, control panels, always at the edge of innovation.
We've debated this before. Obviously some people answer that question Fremantle, and some Meego.

Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post
* or spending time open sourcing everything from 43% to 100% without any existing organisation that can handle the bits when they're opened and a platform that's ancient by the time we've fixed all the problems we've wanted./QUOTE]We've had this debate before...

I know what battle I would prefer to take. The one where we actually accomplish something in the open.
This is the part that bothers me. Maemo.org is supposed to be the organization that can handle this. And now you are using the inadequacy of the organization as a reason not to proceed. And I realize that Nokia may have privately said this, but it should not be tolerated IMHO.
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