[maemo-developers] Hello Maemo - CFSONID 2008

[From: Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 12:23:15PM +0200, Robert Schuster wrote:
> So the answer is "no". As long as Maemo's goal is not 'providing a 100%
> free platform' as well I[0] will not contribute[1] to it and I expect
> that with more and more freedom respecting projects/products you will
> have a hard time finding people who do.

This is what I had in mind in my LinuxTag maemo.org presentation: there
are people who will not want to contribute to Maemo just because Nokia
does not completely adhere to the free software principles.

By that I did not mean to imply that Nokia should put free software
above their bottom line.  My point was that Nokia should evaluate the
extra value received from free software zealots (this word is probably
too strong, but I don't have the time right now to pick a better one)
with value lost from opening their proprietary components.

Unfortunately I'm no economist and I cannot evaluate either.  Looking
at the increasing popularity of free software in the IT sector it seems
to me that free software benefits outweigh proprietary benefits, but
this is not a choice I can make for Nokia; it's one Nokia has to make
for themselves.

Marius Gedminas
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