Hmmm, don't know any details in this area, so just checking... In MeeGo the 
Sensor Framework itself must be _generic_ and fully open source I believe. 
Sensor HW adaptation (including adaptor plugins in the Sensor Framework), 
however, can contain proprietary stuff. So is there some refactoring needed 
here?

Regards, Jari

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Lehtonen Markus (Nokia-MS/Helsinki)
> Sent: 04. marraskuuta 2010 08:29
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MeeGo-dev] Does MeeGo 1.1 Handset support CompassSensor?
> 
> On 2010-11-04 at 08:04:02, ext HorryChiang wrote:
> >
> > The algorithms used with the magnetometer are proprietary, and are
> not
> > included with this build. They can be installed from package
> sensorfw-
> > plugins-compasslogic.
> >
> > Unless the package is installed, CompassSensor and MagnetometerSensor
> > will fail to load.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> >
> > You can see that sensorfw-plugins-compasslogic is required for
> > CompassSensor and MagnetometerSensor.
> > But where can we find sensorfw-plugins-compasslogic package on MeeGo
> > Repo Site?
> > Does MeeGo 1.1 Handset support CompassSensor?
> >
> > Many thanks for your help.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The compasschain plugin is proprietary and due to licensing problems we
> currently cannot publish that even as binary-only. I fear that getting
> it redistributable in MeeGo will take time
> 
> Thus, currently the CompassSensor and MagnetometerSensor are unusable
> in MeeGo (unless you have access to the proprietary plugin). We should
> probably discuss about how to more easily support different
> magnetometer sensors. E.g. briefly document what is expected from the
> compasschain plugin so that an open source alternative would be easier
> to implement.
> 
> CC'd sensorfw lead developer Timo Rongas who probably has good ideas.
> 
> --
>  Markus
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