maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - PETITION to Nokia to release the full source code of the Maemo OS to this Community.

	Ken-Young	2011-05-25 , 05:05
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Originally Posted by kingoddball

Nokia has not fully abandoned Maemo, yet. Arn't we still expecting to get the offically released PR 1.4? This was never canceled, was it?

You must be joking. You're right that PR 1.4 was never cancelled.
Neither was PR 1.2899.

Nokia will never release the closed portions of the Maemo 5 code because:

1) They have no legal obligation to do so.

2) Releasing the code might expose them to legal risks. If they release the battery charging code, and one of us makes a mangled version that causes the phone to catch fire, who's gonna get sued?

3) They might think that the code contains valuable intellectual property, which they would lose control of were the code open sourced.

4) They are in the business of selling new phones to us, not helping us keep our existing phones running for the longest possible time.

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