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Originally Posted by abill_uk
My vote was meant to be yes but misread question
Up to now the following members say NO on this poll dee, ioan, NvyUs, theking2, Ykho
Would you please leave your comments as to why you feel this?.
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Originally Posted by abill_uk
It better be a mis-click dammit.
Up to now the following members say NO on this poll dee, ioan, NvyUs, theking2, Ykho
Would you please leave your comments as to why you feel this?.
Originally Posted by Ykho
http://www.google.co.uk/finance?q=NYSE:NOKI think you would be better off starting a fund to buy the source code from nokia
Nokia may have seen better days but there is so much more in that intellectual property than this forum could ever afford by starting a 'fund'.
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2011-05-25
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Why don't you start small? Instead of saying 'give uz the codez!' Why not approach the council and ask them to find out the cost/possibility of opening perhaps two or three of the more important pieces? For example: BME, MCE and perhaps the dialer?
It is suggested in the wiki that opening of closed components is more likely for parts that are 'blocking open development'
Alternatively, perhaps they could find out the possibility of giving source access to a select few 'trusted' cssu developers?
Or finally, perhaps it will be cheaper to give qgill a 'backhander' to subtly leak some parts of the code to a trusted member or so?
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It is suggested in the wiki that opening of closed components is more likely for parts that are 'blocking open development'
Alternatively, perhaps they could find out the possibility of giving source access to a select few 'trusted' cssu developers?
Or finally, perhaps it will be cheaper to give qgill a 'backhander' to subtly leak some parts of the code to a trusted member or so?
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2011-05-25
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#46
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Originally Posted by NvyUs
AHHH is there any way to reverse this? can you please report this to a Moderator to see if he can do this?.
My vote was meant to be yes but misread question
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Originally Posted by abill_uk
Up to now the following members say NO on this poll dee, ioan, NvyUs, theking2, Ykho
Would you please leave your comments as to why you feel this?.
Originally Posted by laasonen
Actually none of those points are really valid except;
Read..............................
-an increase risk in security due to people discovering ways to infect/use malicious code.
-to avoid N900 code distributing to other Nokia-devices, competitor-devices and competitor-OS's (eg/ Android) to protect patents, licensing, and keep Nokia's product still competitive.
However, finding the loopholes within the closed source could mean that the overall system can be strengthened --potentially bittersweet.
So its more about Nokia looking after its own forehind than anything else, which is extremely "evil" since they've abandoned all development on the N900 anyway.
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2011-05-25
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Originally Posted by vi_
Good suggestions and points Vi but if anything like this was going to happen they would have made it so by now.
Why don't you start small? Instead of saying 'give uz the codez!' Why not approach the council and ask them to find out the cost/possibility of opening perhaps two or three of the more important pieces? For example: BME, MCE and possibly the dialer?
It is suggested in the wiki that opening of closed components is more likely for parts that are 'blocking open development'
Alternatively, perhaps they could find out the possibility of giving source access to a select few 'trusted' cssu developers?
Or finally, perhaps it will be cheaper to give qgill a 'backhander' to subtly leak some parts of the code to a trusted member or so?
It is important to remember that only in the last few weeks or so we have learned from Nokia it has finally moved on and lets face it they have every right to do so, now it is time for the community i feel to step in and take charge of Maemo in its own name and rightly so.
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2011-05-25
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Originally Posted by Kangal
Absolutely agree Kangal well said !.
Actually none of those points are really valid except;
-an increase risk in security due to people discovering ways to infect/use malicious code.
-to avoid N900 code distributing to other Nokia-devices, competitor-devices and competitor-OS's (eg/ Android) to protect patents, licensing, and keep Nokia's product still competitive.
However, finding the loopholes within the closed source could mean that the overall system can be strengthened --potentially bittersweet.
So its more about Nokia looking after its own forehind than anything else, which is extremely "evil" since they've abandoned all development on the N900 anyway.
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2011-05-25
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Originally Posted by abill_uk
Then the community must endlessly put pressure on the council/andre klapper/qgill/anyone at nokia to have the situation reviewed.
Good suggestions and points Vi but if anything like this was going to happen they would have made it so by now.
It is important to remember that only in the last few weeks or so we have learned from Nokia it has finally moved on and lets face it they have every right to do so, now it is time for the community i feel to step in and take charge of Maemo in its own name and rightly so.
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