[maemo-developers] Non-free projects in garage (was Re: introducing friendscard -- a browser-less, gesture-based facebook client)

[From: Mohammed Hassan]

Hi,

Sorry for waking up this thread ;-)

I'm taking off my Nokia hat now:

I think that at least we should let the users know that this software is
open and this is closed.

I'm not going to install a closed application on my personal tablet. I
don't want and don't like it.

Cheers,

On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 15:24 +0100, ext Andrew Flegg wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Frank Banul <frank.banul at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I would like to see some non free software developed for the tablets. If
> > using maemo.org helps the fledgling maemo non free market grow, I think
> > it's a good thing. Until it becomes a burden on the maemo.org resources, I
> > would hope that all software that will expand the tablet's potential
> > market share would be encouraged.
> 
> I don't disagree - I wonder what advantage the non-free projects
> *think* they're getting though?
> 
> > Also, having it on maemo.org keeps users from searching in multiple
> > locations for tablet software. If maemo.org wants to be a one stop shop
> > for all of your tablet needs, non free and free will need to both
> > exist (I hope).
> 
> Users shouldn't be needing to go to garage to discover software, they
> should be going to the Application Manager, downloads.maemo.org and -
> in future - maemo.nokia.com.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andrew
> 
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