Timo Jyrinki wrote: > 2008/7/23 Shawn Rutledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> But what does "closed" mean? It's been getting more and more open for >> years now. Finally even QTopia is GPL... I think that's the last >> piece isn't it? Is it because it already emerged fully-formed, and >> was not depending on community help for its very existence, that you >> think it's more closed? > > Actually, that's true. A code drop is not equal to successful open > source project. Not mentioning qtopia exactly, but there are several > examples of "open source" which are even under OSI-approved license > that are nothing more than a source tarball - no community, no control > outside one entity etc.
It still is open source, even if the development is not so open. A lot of "open source" communities are not 'anyone has write access to the source repository'. You have to prove yourself first. I think most projects are like that. Heck I think openmoko wasn't developed in the open in the beginning. > > It cannot be so hard to understand that not everyone wants to port > everything into one toolkit. It doesn't matter which toolkit that is. > Phones are becoming computers and do not need any less flexibility on > what can be done with them. How does sticking to one toolkit mean less flexibility? You can write the same type of app in any language, its just a matter of how well your toolkit works for you. -- Lorn 'ljp' Potter Software Engineer, Systems Group, Trolltech, a Nokia company _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
