It's all about the release date CepiPerez, you'll remember from last time :| It has to fall within the competition timeline to be eligible. If you release updates for flowplayer during the competition dates then they're eligible else if they are released before the competition starts then it's bad luck I'm afraid Hope you can try find it as motivation to release some more updates or write something new when the competition starts for real next week As a winner from last time, we want you back in the competition to defend your crown

I don't think we've ever mentioned it in the two (coming three) years we've been running the competition, I don't think we've ever really had to. The community competition reflects the community we have. That's why we have a community vote, so that the users can decide what is the most important thing to them. They can decide which application they appreciate most on it's own merits.

Now, as maemo.org/intro will tell you:

However that doesn't mean everyone who is a member here is an open source advocate. From the previous two coding competitions, I can remember maybe one entry which was closed source from the original competition. I don't think anyone even brought it up or cared to be honest. Those who liked and appreciated the application voted for it, those who didn't voted for something else they preferred.

We're quite liberal in how we facilitate the competition, taking a view to get as many applications as we can in and trusting the community to decide how they rank the entrants. I'm very happy to let our community of users decide which applications they feel are most valuable, with pretty much whatever criteria they choose to apply. It's a coding competition, but let's not kid ourselves that everyone is going to delve into the code of each application. If you want me to explicitly state a restriction to open source in the rules I can do that. Although being mindful it could potentially put off closed source developers from taking an interest, I'm not convinced there's many out there interested in Maemo/MeeGo Harmattan platforms to ruffle any feathers

about new apps / missing apps...
it only lists N9 apps (& some Symbian)
i only have N900 (two, as a matter of fact), so how am i supposed to test a new app i may be able to dev in a sandbox env.?

to explicit my question
are N900 apps still welcome?

Kojacker makes a great case for inclusivity, however...

Does the source of an application have to be uploaded to the community repositories in order for the binary to reside there?

I think it's imperative we use the repos otherwise in a years time (say), a privately hosted entrant can be lost to the community. That's my only proviso, I'd hate for a contestant to win a prize, but then the community can't make use of the application further down the line.

Ah, I just remembered last year we had entrants submitting to the Ovi store.

Does anyone have any objections to my line of reasoning for using public repositories (Ovi store/AppsForMeego/maemo.org) as the hosting place for entries? And if not can we enshrine that into the regulations?

@misterc

It's in the interests of the developer to write for as many platforms as possible in order to gain more votes, so I doubt the n900 will be sidelined.

PS can someone with tag-editing priveliges add the twitter hashtag #mccXII to this thread please?

Edit:
@misterc again. Last year we had a table where people can propose usecases they desire, the same can be done for this competition.

Yes, ofcourse N900 apps are still welcome misterc lol Gosh we'd be chased out of town like criminals if we didn't let N900 apps in a maemo.org coding competition! Hmm.. where is the confusion coming from?

Ah I see.. you've been reading this article linked from the wiki - Desirable apps missing from Nokia platforms. It's there as a guide to what users might like to see and to help generate some ideas for your applications, but it's not a checklist to stick to

Pretty much everything developed for Maemo and MeeGo Haramattan devices is eligible to enter. And now I know you have two N900s to work on, I'm expecting 2 N900 entries from you hehe

I would exclude Ovi Store from this, as Communtiy doesn't have any control over this repo - it can be closed any day, without warning.

Community repos, on the other hand, are well backuped.

/Estel

stop your rambling
you are worse then a troll
disgrace for a member of the council

I don't think we need to be worried about that. maemo.org would be shut down long before the ovi store, after all they make money out of the latter!

Edit:
I've added a table for application proposals, feel free to add to it.

where is the table ?!?
i'm hungry

Shutting down maemo.org infra != unavailability of repositories - they're constantly backup'ed by community. As for Ovi, it's no better than storing program in link, buried somewhere on forum - it may stay here for ages, or disappear next week.

/Estel

What was decided about 'porting' , it is included in the 'updating' category, or it was cut off?