Yet perhaps this is some of the problem. It seems like the community of people working with devices running Maemo might be better served if it was more distinct. As is noted on the maemo.org Terms of Use page, the site is hosted as a 'public service' by Nokia Corporation.
IMHO, what would make much more sense would be if 1) An independent open source community gets established, as a seperate not for profit legal entity. 2) Nokia contributes a few things to that community, including the Maemo trademark, so that the community could call itself Maemo, and the amount of money that Nokia spends on hosting the site and other community related activities. 3) The community, itself, could then run Maemo, including the websites, etc. My two cents, Aldon -----Original Message----- From: maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org [mailto:maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org]on Behalf Of Jeremiah Foster Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:23 PM To: Ryan Abel Cc: maemo-developers mailing-list Subject: Re: How to destroy your community On Jan 20, 2010, at 23:21, Ryan Abel wrote: > On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Jeff Moe wrote: > >> I've seen frequent mentions of how distinct maemo.org is from Nokia. But the reality seems that nothing at Maemo can really happen without Nokia's tacit approval. Is there anyone that has server access that isn't paid (directly or indirectly) by Nokia? Can we start getting the servers admin'd by community admins instead of depending upon Nokia? A first step would be to document (on the *outside/public*) wiki the current server arrangement. Another good step would be to get DNS off their servers. Until that happens, the whole "maemo is distinct from Nokia" is just a façade. > > Maemo is a trademark owned by Nokia and used for their software platform and their products. You're confusing Maemo and maemo.org (maemo.org being the community-owned website). In doing so, you're confusing the discussion and making it much more difficult to participate and arrive at a useful conclusion. "Maemo" and "maemo.org" are not equivalent interchangeable terms. Nor are they as distinct as you would imply. Jeremiah _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
