Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
This recent thread of mine concerning relicensing of the AMR codec will be of certain interest to those interested in this thread: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user/159060 -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-18 Thread Fredrik Wendt
First off, I'd just like to say that this is a great discussion (although it has very little to do about 3G support for Linux :) tor 2008-09-18 klockan 10:14 +1000 skrev Lorn Potter: > Mikko Rauhala wrote: > > to, 2008-09-18 kello 05:45 +1000, Lorn Potter kirjoitti: > >> Mikko Rauhala wrote: > >>

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-18 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to, 2008-09-18 kello 10:14 +1000, Lorn Potter kirjoitti: > Mikko Rauhala wrote: > > Sure Nokia has some products which happen to be free software. That > > doesn't make them committed to free software, what with being eg. > > hostile to free formats, > IANAL, but... (nor am I a spokesperson for Nok

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Lorn Potter
Mikko Rauhala wrote: > to, 2008-09-18 kello 05:45 +1000, Lorn Potter kirjoitti: >> Mikko Rauhala wrote: >>> Personally I'll be loathe to buy Nokia products anyway, they're just way >>> too inconsistent with their policies and have no commitment to free >>> software whatsoever. >> I would beg to dif

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Lorn Potter
Marcus Bauer wrote: > On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 05:45 +1000, Lorn Potter wrote: >> I would beg to differ. Trolltech is now part of Nokia, Qt and Qtopia >> certainly are open source and I can tell you for certain, we are >> committed to keeping them open source. > > I wonder what your plans are for t

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 02:50:47PM -0700, Jim Morris wrote: > To be honest even though I love open source/free software my experiences with > OpenMoko Freerunner > has soured me a little bit. I bought a phone that was supposed to be usable > as a phone and as of > today still is not usable as a

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Jim Morris
Mikko Rauhala wrote: > > Sure Nokia has some products which happen to be free software. That > doesn't make them committed to free software, what with being eg. > hostile to free formats, a strong opponent of independent software > development in general through their patent lobby, very much clue

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
to, 2008-09-18 kello 05:45 +1000, Lorn Potter kirjoitti: > Mikko Rauhala wrote: > > Personally I'll be loathe to buy Nokia products anyway, they're just way > > too inconsistent with their policies and have no commitment to free > > software whatsoever. > > I would beg to differ. Trolltech is now

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Marcus Bauer
On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 05:45 +1000, Lorn Potter wrote: > I would beg to differ. Trolltech is now part of Nokia, Qt and Qtopia > certainly are open source and I can tell you for certain, we are > committed to keeping them open source. I wonder what your plans are for the phone stack? I doubt that

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Lorn Potter
Mikko Rauhala wrote: > Bumped into the following: > http://www.internettablettalk.com/2008/09/17/dr-ari-jaaksi-on-maemo-5/ > > Relevantly "Nokia is now Gold Sponsor of Linux Foundation, has > contributed code today for 3G/HSPA cellular (data) connectivity for > OMAP3 to Linux kernel" > > I would

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Dale Maggee
Mikko Rauhala wrote: > Personally I'll be loathe to buy Nokia products anyway, they're just way > too inconsistent with their policies and have no commitment to free > software whatsoever. But, if something good comes out of them, that's, > well, "good". > Open source or not, you've gotta admit

Re: (Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/9/17 Mikko Rauhala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bumped into the following: > http://www.internettablettalk.com/2008/09/17/dr-ari-jaaksi-on-maemo-5/ > > Relevantly "Nokia is now Gold Sponsor of Linux Foundation, has > contributed code today for 3G/HSPA cellular (data) connectivity for > OMAP3 to Linu

(Some?) 3G support for Linux from Nokia - relevant for future models?

2008-09-17 Thread Mikko Rauhala
Bumped into the following: http://www.internettablettalk.com/2008/09/17/dr-ari-jaaksi-on-maemo-5/ Relevantly "Nokia is now Gold Sponsor of Linux Foundation, has contributed code today for 3G/HSPA cellular (data) connectivity for OMAP3 to Linux kernel" I would interpret this as there being a free