[maemo-developers] Is there a roadmap for opening of binary blobs of N8x0 hardware ?

[From: David Weinehall]

On tor, 2008-09-25 at 10:28 +0530, ext Kevin Verma wrote:
> Dear Nokia & Maemo Community,
> 
> I read the recent announcement of "stlc45xx" which still requires a
> binary tool for its calibration data. But there are other components
> like battery, 3D etc.

I cannot make predictions about other components, but for the battery
software a well-educated guess is "Never", and the reasons are manifold:
possible liability issues, patents, and the fact that it's software
developed by another branch of Nokia rather than internally within
Maemo.


Regards: David Weinehall