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Task:Mapping openness

Latest revision as of 10:31, 13 July 2010

This article is continued discussion from the maemo.org brainstorm Please see the 100 Days agenda for more.

[edit] Objectives

• Clarify the open source strategy of Nokia in Maemo.
• Identify the licenses of the packages that make Maemo.
• Provide the reasons of closed source packages to be closed.
• Define a process to request the opening of a package.
• Document the maemo.org maintenance and development processes.

[edit] Tasks

Help is welcome in all of them.

[edit] Completed

• Document explaining the open source positioning and strategy of Nokia in Maemo. - Quim
• Introduce license and open/closed status to the list of packages - Soumya?

[edit] Ongoing

• Documenting in maemo.org the web development process (see updating maemo.org sites - Dave
• Explanation of the reasons why the closed source packages are closed - Quim
• Describe the Maemo contributions to complement http://opensource.nokia.com - Quim

[edit] Backlog

Currently in the maemo.org backlog:

• Define maemo.org policies for things like editbugs, getting @maemo.org email addresses, and if it doesn't exist, getting svn access - Dave
• Bug 1584 - provide system management software under free software licenses - Quim
• Process to request a closed source package to be open - volunteers needed.
• Review the Maemo contribution guidelines - Quim