Hi, Quim Gil wrote: > ext Dave Neary wrote: >> Are you in a position yet to say which components will be closed, and >> which will be supported by the open source project? Even a list with >> some gray area (say some components where you're not sure) would be >> useful, I think. > > Your question is a bit confusing (at least to me).
Sorry about that :) > Harri's team is > working on taking the MeeGo Core + Handset UX releases (100% open > source) and making them to work in the N900 hardware. Until now they > have released a 100% free image (freedom at the expense of some > functionality/performance) and an image with binaries provided by Nokia > (functionality/performance at the expense of some freedom). My question (based on the web page, and indeed your answer here) is what functionality has been sacrificed in the name of freedom - that is, if someone wanted to run an N900 without the binary blobs, what would not work? I assume that you have a good idea about this at this stage. I know of a number of people who would be very interested in having a usable smartphone with a 100% free software platform, even if that meant sacrificing some functionality. I'm just wondering if there's a list of functionality that won't work... On IRC yesterday, I was given some examples - mostly hardware related. Perhaps if I throw that list out there, and ask for confirmation and perhaps if there are any other examples that would help? I've heard that the following components will be binary blobs (closed hardware specs being the cause): BME Bluetooth GLES (does this mean that any 3D stuff won't work?) Wifi firmware Is that a complete list? Is that list correct? Will it be possible to put free alternatives with less functionality in place of the binary blobs? And will an N900 without the binary blobs charge the battery when plugged in? (this was one thing said on IRC yesterday that didn't make much sense to me). Cheers, Dave. -- maemo.org docsmaster Email: [email protected] Jabber: [email protected] _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
