Thread: Is there any real alternative?
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2010-09-22 , 13:48
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#81
Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
What components will remain closed? Since the ofono based solution seems to have helped out the NITDroid project. It seems the more hardware components that are open sourced then both Meego and NITDroid benefit from it.
The core Meego stack will be entirely open source. Vendors (like Nokia/Intel) will then add closed-source applications (Maps, conversations, etc) and some (arguably) patent-protected stuff (like MP3 codec) which they have licenses/agreements for. The low-level hardware drivers may also be closed - the Meego site is a better place to check out where the core/vendor divisions have been placed.
 

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