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Originally Posted by korbé View Post
@Andre Klapper:

We can't use commercial models created for proprietary software with Free (as free speach) Software.

When doing and/or distributes Free (as free speach) Software, must conceive things differently.

Currently, Nokia distributes Maemo, OS containing a large number of Free (as free speach) Software, as a proprietary OS.

It's not a good sollution.
Sorry but you are objectively wrong here. Developers are free to decide the licenses for their software. Maemo integrates a stack of software mostly LGPL friendly, which indeed allows you to combine software freedom, integration of proprietary software and commercial distribution. Nokia is not forcing anybody to choose such licenses and actually many of these components existed before licensed that way.

If you are author of a piece of software integrated in Maemo and you disagree in the way Nokia is using your software you could find a license according to your wishes exactly. The fact is that, in general, developers of those components are overall happy about companies like Nokia using their components and contributing to their development.

If you are not a developer of those components then you have really a little ground to tell to anybody how to use a piece of software if it's being used in the licensed terms.

Now, if someone wants to bring this long thread somewhere useful please come up with specific use cases explaining what would you like to do but you can't because software component X is closed.

Be specific, be convincing finding harmony between your interests and the interests of whoever has the copyrights of the closed software you want to open and you will see.
 

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