On Jan 20, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Jeff Moe wrote: > On Wednesday 20 January 2010 19:21:18 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. > > Yep! Definitely confusing them. They do seem much one and the same to me > though. It seems we've come to some useful conclusions, regardless > > Though how does the community "own" maemo.org? I mean, can we really just > walk off with it and leave Nokia behind? I doubt it. Can we see the finances > of this website, please?
Yes, we could walk off with it and move it elsewhere if we had consensus to do so. $$$ is always a sensitive topic and not one that is widely advertised even in the most Free of Free Software projects. Especially not when corporate sponsors are involved. _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
