You think that description only fits Nokia/MeeGo? That's pretty much the default state of any project with unclear ownership. LibreOffice, anyone? And "weirdo licensing around trademark and name" - IceWeasel, right? I am sure even Microsoft had some internal conflicts before ending up dumping Windows Mobile, Kin, and instead concentrating on their copy-and-paste free OS based on an media player firmware. (That's a New And Better type of Free software, invented by iPplejobs. )

Yet, MeeGo does exist. What it is usable for today, and where it will be in half a year, are quite different problems.