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maemo.nokia.com will contain one page related to the current scope of maemo.org. Here we draft it. Quim needs to deliver *yesterday*.
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maemo.nokia.com will contain two pages related to the current scope of maemo.org. Here we will draft the text for both. Quim needs to deliver *yesterday*.
[http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=308006 Talk discussion]
[http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=308006 Talk discussion]
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== Software freedom, open communities and you ==
== Software freedom, open communities and you ==
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Maemo devices are all about choice. Users can enjoy the features and services included right out of the box, and they can shape their own experience by downloading many more applications — most of them for free. This is how Maemo devices become something more than just cool gadgets, they become integral tools that satisfy demanding customers.
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Maemo devices are all about choices. Users can choose to enjoy a variety of features and services that come out of the box. Additional software (in most cases for free) is always available to download and enjoy. This is how a device becomes a good product that satisfies demanding customers.
That said, if you want more... there is a lot more.
That said, if you want more... there is a lot more.
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Maemo is an open platform running on open devices. It has Linux at its core, but also plenty more software components maintained by communities of open source developers. The platform is based on well-known technologies that are widely used in the free software community.  
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Maemo is an open platform running in open devices. It has Linux at its core, but also plenty more software components maintained by communities of open source developers. The platform is based on well known technologies widely used in the free software community.  
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''"So what?"'' you might say. Well, all of this matters if you wish to go beyond the role of a customer, a pure user.
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''"So what?"'' you might say. Well, all of this does matter if you wish to go beyond the role of a customer, of a pure user.
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In 1991, a young developer named Linus Torvalds began a software project in Helsinki, Finland (coincidentally the same city where the Maemo headquarters are located). That project was called Linux, and one interesting aspect of it was its ''open'' and ''free'' creative process. Other developers could look at the code, improve it, adapt it to specific purposes, and redistribute it.
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In 1991 a young developer called Linus Torvalds started a software project in Helsinki (Finland), coincidentally the same city where the Maemo headquarters are located. Yes, that project was called Linux and one interesting aspect of it was that the software created was free. Other developers could look at the code, improve it, adapt it to specific purposes, redistribute it...  
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All of this was — and is — done in a transparent and collaborative way, mostly via the Internet. Freedom, transparency, and online collaboration defined the methods of working on this very successful project. Free software existed before Linux, but over the years it has become a global phenomenon, an industrial trend, and a source of inspiration for countless important projects that drive the Internet today: Mozilla, Wikipedia, BitTorrent... The list is long. Maemo is proud to be a part of this tradition, contributing to several open source projects where Nokia is also involved.  
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All this process was and is done in a transparent and collaborative way, mostly via Internet. Freedom, transparency and on-line collaboration defined the way of working of this successful project. Free software had existed before Linux but then over the years became a global phenomenon, an industrial trend and a source of inspiration for many other projects around the Internet: Mozilla, Wikipedia, BitTorrent... Maemo is part of this tradition, and actually most of the software comes from several open source projects where Nokia is also involved.  
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You will feel this as soon as you land at [http://maemo.org http://maemo.org]. The Maemo Community is a place for everybody to share, discuss, get and provide help, work on improvements, and enjoy the open atmosphere. No matter what your background in computing is, or what your motivation for purchasing a Maemo device was, you are guaranteed to find peers to meet and have fun with. This is how anyone can get involved in open source collaboration — even without a clue about programming.
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You feel this as soon as you land in http://maemo.org. The Maemo community is a place for everybody to share, discuss, get help, improve and enjoy. No matter what is your background or your motivations, the chances to find peers to meet and have fun are high. This is how anybody can get involved in open source collaboration, even without having a clue about programming. Give it a try. [http://maemo.org/downloads/ Download] and rate some applications. [[http://talk.maemo.org Share your impressions] in the forum. [http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/ Propose one idea] or two. At that point you will probably know what to do next.
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Give it a try. [http://maemo.org/downloads/ Download] and rate some applications, [http://talk.maemo.org share your opinions], [http://maemo.org/community/brainstorm/ propose ideas]... Once you enter this open collaboration, it will be easy to know what to do next.
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Be careful, you might learn more things than you expect. You might get more excited and involved in than you think. Your community karma might go beyond your expectations. And one day you might find yourself meeting other Maemo peers face to face, till late in some city you had never visited before. Feeling happy for having gone beyond the role of a demanding customer of an interesting product.
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'''Beware.''' You might end up learning more than you expect. You might become more excited and involved than you intended to. Your community karma  might rise beyond your expectations. One day you might even find yourself meeting other Maemo peers face-to-face, late at night in a city you've never visited before —  far beyond the point where you were a pure user.
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Yes, all these things might happen to you after opening a Maemo box.
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Yes, all of these things might happen to you after opening a Maemo box.
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