On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 14:02 +0200, ext Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > Jonay Santana wrote: > > Maybe Nokia and Intel should underscore the fact that MeeGo doesn't > > depend on third-party patented software. > > I would concentrate on things that developers care about - talking about > patents is only spreading FUD yourself - particularly since there are > still people who wonder whether free software as a whole isn't a legal risk.
That page is also for ODMs and they do care (and a lot) about IPR. However, I agree that we need to keep ourselves away from the debate around software patents and any IPR claims made in various courts. Besides, in this field MeeGo and Android have probably more reasons to collaborate than to fight. You mention the claims of Oracle but you should not forget that Apple has filed lawsuits too, targeting Linux and open source components. In any case this is not a field you want to enter without having a lawyer sitting next to you. This is what ODMs are used to do. > In fact, I would use this as an opportunity to do a real competitive > analysis, and not specifically look for advantages MeeGo has over > Android. After all, Android has more market share, more handsets, more > apps, a very coherent developer story, great developer tools, and (in > spite of what Steve Jobs says) a relatively unfragmented developer > experience across a wide range of devices. Perhaps we can learn > something from them, without necessarily copying them. Sounds great. Are you volunteering for picking this task? :) -- Quim _______________________________________________ MeeGo-community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community
