[maemo-developers] Double checking free/nonfree packages

[From: David Greaves]

On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 22:16 -0600, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm compiling a list on the Libre Planet wiki to determine what packages
> are nonfree, and what steps would need to be taken to make the n900 a
> fully free phone:
> 
> http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/FreeMaemo

Hi Christopher

As another Mer person I'm also very interested in this work. Mer on any
Nokia device out today is not (and realistically has zero chance of ever
being) 100% fsf-free.

However every step the community takes in the right direction moves us
towards that milestone and I personally feel that Nokia are "doing
freedom" in a better way than most (which is one reason I'm here!)

If this is a reasonable compromise then it would be great to see this
work integrated with the maemo community efforts - IIRC there have been
other initiatives to investigate this kind of data so maybe they could
be dug up?


David