great! Robert Schuster schrieb: > hi, > I have a Nokia N770 and N800 Internet Tablet and do not like being > forced to run proprietary software. I hope that some day I can install > Angstrom or some other nice distribution on that device. > > I met Quim Gil, Nokias product manager for the IT devices at LinuxTag. > In his talk he said something like: If you have a problem with X (and X > belonging to Maemo) then file a bug report. Here[0] it is. I filed the > lack of DFSG/FSD/OSD-compatible licenses for the core applications and > libraries of the N800 and provided a rationale for why it is neccessary > to have those. > > If you have a different rationale feel free to add it to this bug report. > > Btw: You are requested to create an account to even read the bug report. > :| I filed this a bug 1585[1] ... > > [0] - http://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1584 > [1] - http://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1585 > > For those who do not want to create an account over there, here is the > PR's text: > > title: provide system management software under free software licenses > > Several applications and libraries found on the N800 internet tablet/IT OS > 2007.10 are distributed under restricted and non-free license terms > according > to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, Open Source Definition and Free > Software definition. > > I hereby politely ask for distributing those components under terms that are > acceptable to the above mentioned guidelines. > > The applications of interest are: >>from the initfs: activate_panel, bt-cal, cal-tool, fb-chaimage, text2screen, > wlan-cal, wlan-fw-update, retu-time, show_image, dsme, battest, bootstate, > dsmetool, dspctl, waitfordsme and the script linuxrc > > the libraries of interest are: > libbmeic.so, libcal.so, libdsme.so, libppu.so, libactivitymonitor.so, > libcalmodule.so, libhwwd.so, libinactivity-blank.so, liblifeguard.so, > libperipheral.so, libprocesswd.so, libstartup.so, libstate.so, > libtemperature.so > > There may be other software artifacts which are of interest for which I will > file separate bugreports if there is a need for them. > > Rationale: > When Nokia/Maemo decided to use a variant of the GNU operating system > and Linux > as its kernel for implementing the Internet Tablet OS they profited from a > wealth of knowledge and work invested in various software projects. With the > help of free software licensing they were allowed to create a unique > software > environment which exactly implements the Maemo projects' goals. Maemo has > gained and still gains from those software projects because they are > independently developed further giving Maemo more possibilities in the > future. > > One of the key goals of the GNU project is to give its user's the freedom to > implement their own ideas. This goal is to be reached by writing free > software > and sometimes (in the early days often) replacing proprietary software. > > The non-free bits in the core infrastructure of the IT OS 2007 are a > road block > for efforts to create free operating systems/distributions besides IT OS > on the > N770/N800. > > The reason for why it is helpful to have other operating > system/distribution on > the N800 is simple: There are hundreds of GNU/Linux distributions out there. > Each one exists because there is a userbase that exactly likes their > flavor of > GNU/Linux. > > For the N770/N800 Internet Tablets there exists only one such > distribution: The > Internet Tablet OS. With the sheer amount of GNU/Linux distributions for > desktops/workstations/servers/routers/PDAs on the one hand and the single OS > solution for the Internet Tablets on the other I doubt that it can > handle all > the possible uses people have. > > By releasing the above mentioned programs/libraries under free software > licenses people will be given the same possibilities the Maemo project > had in > the first place. > > Let us be free. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 0xffff mailing list > 0xffff@lists.nopcode.org > https://lists.nopcode.org/mailman/listinfo/0xffff
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