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{{100Days agenda}}
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Cristal clear definitions of maemo, maemo.org, OS2008 and so on.
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== Objectives ==
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Many people are confused about what exactly maemo is, and the difference between Nokia's ITOS and maemo.org.
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* Define maemo, maemo.org and Internet Tablet OS / OS2008.
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* Identify the blocks of the [http://maemo.org/maemo_release_documentation/maemo4.1.x/node6.html#SECTION00630000000000000000 maemo software architecture] and the projects behind. See [[Task:Components and packages]]
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* Define the roles of Nokia, the maemo community, the open source upstream projects and other organizations related to the maemo platform i.e. companies and universities. See [[Companies in Maemo development]] and [[Task:Upstream projects]]
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* Produce an initial Who is Who in maemo.org based on the user profiles, to be expanded in a decentralized way.
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** Improve [http://maemo.org/profile/list the list of Maemo contributors] and expand [http://maemo.org/profile maemo.org profiles] to allow someone to identify key contributors and who they work for easily.
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** Identify Maemo component primary contacts, [[Companies in Maemo development|companies involved in Maemo development]] and [[Task:Upstream projects|key upstream projects we contribute to and benefit from]]
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* Produce a list of [[Task:Remarkable community projects|remarkable maemo projects]].
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== Tasks ==
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To my mind, maemo is "the open collaboration project which was started by the release of a free software stack which made up part of the OS installed on Nokia's Internet Tablet series". That's a pretty crummy definition, but engenders a number of important distinctions:
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Help is welcome in all of them.
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=== Completed ===
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* maemo is not the software running on your tablet
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* Define the [[Task:Maemo brand|Maemo brand]].
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* maemo is not just the website and tablet user community
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* Bug <del>[https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2343 maemo white paper architecture picture needs to be updated]</del> (WONTFIX)
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* maemo is not limited to free software
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* Documenting [[companies in Maemo development|companies involved in maemo development]] - Dave
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* maemo is software based in origin
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* [[Task:Remarkable community projects]] around Maemo - this list is [https://maemo.org/downloads/featured/OS2008/50/ the maemo.org featured applications] but we need a way to "elect" new projects to be remarkable.
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* maemo is not limited to the needs of Nokia tablets - it can evolve beyond that usecase
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* maemo is, above all, an open collaboration project - community developed software, free software, open access, and all of the infrastructure to support it
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=== Ongoing ===
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The major evolution of maemo should thus be a move to enable the community, to help maemo evolve away from its internet tablet roots. Things which allow maemo users to target other devices, replace "official" software or libraries, and otherwise hack on the maemo platform, are all useful. Discussions about opening drivers for hardware, or adding new applications to the tablets, are not. On the other hand, proposals to open up the documentation and APIs for proprietary components is a community enabler, and might be relevant.
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From the [https://garage.maemo.org/plugins/wiki/index.php?June2008Sprint&id=106&type=g maemo.org June sprint]:
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* Publish a "[[People|Who's who in maemo]]", including Nokia engineers working with the community, contractors and volunteers. Encourage people to update their information to keep the document up to date - Dave
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== Describing the maemo community ==
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* User profile improvements defined and started + bug [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2202 Automatic data in user profiles] - Oskari
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Many people see the maemo community as a group of people having Nokia as a counterpart. A more accurate picture would:
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* [[Task:Components and packages]] that define Maemo - Soumya
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* Have Nokia as a community player, describing the activities that are done at a community level.
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* [[Task:Upstream projects]] Maemo relies upon - Dave
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* Show the relationships with related upstream projects: where the collaboration is happening beyond just using the free software provided.
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* Add the many organizations involved in maemo development or research, from companies to universities.
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Also, what about
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* Go a bit deeper inside the "group of people" and identifying core contributors: more work on karma and user profiles would be needed.
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Now the most visible are the one ''shouting louder'' and more often. It would be useful though to identify key contributors in the many community areas: application development, platform hacking, documentation, support, bug reporting, news, marketing...
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--[[User:qgil|qgil]] 05:57, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

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