[maemo-developers] correct kernel source for RX-34_2008SE_2.2007.50-2 ?
From: Neil MacLeod gmane at nmacleod.comDate: Thu Jan 3 02:26:11 EET 2008
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Dave Neuer wrote: > Sorry, I don't see how what's preferable for users matters in this case at all. > > Nokia is under legal obligation to distribute source w/ it's products > which contain GPL software or not distribute the software at all. > > Besides, there really is no excuse not to have them ready at the same > time. Nokia clearly has the source, since they used it to build the > binaries. And at this point they have built so many IT firmware images > that they simply _have_ to know which of that software requires source > distribution. It can't be any harder to publish the source than it is > to publish the binaries. > > Dave No source code. No change log. No process. It's been this way from the beginning. Eventually the correct source code will be cobbled together, as might a change log. As has been pointed out, if these two items were part of the *process* then publishing the source code and a change log simultaneously with the binary wouldn't take any appreciable time whatsoever.
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