> I cannot make predictions about other components, but for the battery > software a well-educated guess is "Never", and the reasons are manifold: > possible liability issues, patents, and the fact that it's software > developed by another branch of Nokia rather than internally within > Maemo.
That gets more questions; What is Nokia strategy to avoid getting in IP which is based on restrictive patents ? Does Nokia have plans to provide any cover to its community for collaboration of its patented technology ? Is Nokia shipping hardware that needs binary bits for some kind of lock-in to it users ? ~kevin _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers