Thread: Linux is Open Source, Is it Possible for Maemo 5 to be Open Source too?
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mikecomputing is offline mikecomputing
2010-10-03 , 16:14
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Originally Posted by Matan View Post
It would have been worth noting, if it was true. Since this openness claim has nothing to do with reality, it is not worth noting at all.



No. The firmware is close because Nokia chose that it be close. There is no law requiring it to be close.
As far as I ḱnow Adobe Flash and SGX driver from Texas Instrument is not open sourced.

I dont know about the wifi/bt driver but maybe those driver is not open sourced.

So stop blame Nokia for everything! This is how bussiness work we will NEVER see fully open sourced drivers and so on. Not even Meego Hardware will have fully open sourced drivers etc...
Last edited by mikecomputing; 2010-10-03 at 16:17.