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Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
Even with the sources available, it doesnt necessarily mean its free. I remember cases in which the sources were open but the license did not allow you to change the code or propagate the program in any way, changed or unchanged. So it could even be "open source" but have licensing issues.

(This is, btw, one of the reasons I dont like the term "open source" any more. Experience told me that Richard Stallman was right after all: it is better to call it "free software".)
I firmly believe anyone is free to do with their sources as they wish. If "open" means I can look at it, then that's already better than closed. The one advantage of open code, even if you're not allowed to do anything with it, is that it'll be available, even if the platform is abandoned. It's not much, but at least it's something.

Anyway, its much too early to speculate now. Lets see what they come up with (and lets wait for the price ).

At least one thing they did not do, apparently, is starting some kind of developers program, or did they? I would have expected such a project to try and get some community support before launch...
Give them some credit: All there is at the moment, is a few prototypes and pictures. Surely, a developer program for a hardware program requires at least a couple of devices?