Well i am a believer. I think this community can do this. We could even improve it's debian compatibility. Like adding the tools that normally exists in an debian dist.

Sure.. the backing of an company is valuable but not a necessity. There is plenty of proof of that in the linux world. If we as a community believe in the continuation of Maemo it will survive. But we need someone who can take the lead. I hope the Council will do that. I do not know if there are any legality problems such as the rights of the name Maemo. Maybe staring up something similar to a Maemo Foundation could be something. Anyway we will need a system for donations. It might be useful in case we need to hire someone short term for a specific task. Also Intel and the development of Meego will still be beneficial to us.. maybe not as much as before.. but still.

There is still a lot of talents in this community. Maybe a remake of maemo.org would be advisable and also down sizing so it will be easier to contribute and manage. Right now it is little difficult to participate.