On 12/27/06, Marcus Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Most likely this battle will be settled by Global Locate paying license fees to SiRF. [...snip...] communicate to GL that open specs are indeed a selling point.
It seems a bit unreasonable to suggest that a company who are 'most likely' going to be forced over a barrel to pay license fees for their technology, then have the ability to simply ignore that and open up their source anyway. And I don't see that happening just because they were 'pushed a little bit' on a mailing list, but I do see that antagonism causing unnecessary conflict and hard feelings. I have a bit more patience on this matter because: 1) I believe that the OpenMoko team would love to see a 100% Open Source phone that pleases everybody. 2) I believe that there is a lot of information which cannot be shared publicly with the community due to NDAs or ongoing negotiations. 3) I believe that the FIC team have a strong product strategy for the future, which again, it would be foolish for them to disclose at this stage. 4) I believe that by attempting to second-guess that which we don't know, then standing upon that shaky foundation and attempting to apply pressure to companies who have a relationship with FIC, we risk more harm than potential reward. How about we give FIC a chance to deliver on their promises first? Richard _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
