Task:Texts for maemo.nokia.com
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+ | * [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html FSF philosophy] | ||
+ | * [http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html Why Open Source?] (from David Wheeler - numbers based argument) | ||
+ | * [http://www.redhat.com/about/whyopensource/ Why Open Source?] (from Red Hat - more emotional argument) | ||
+ | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Open Source on wikipedia] | ||
+ | * ... | ||
* propose URLs | * propose URLs |
Revision as of 10:47, 12 November 2008
maemo.nokia.com will contain two pages related to the current scope of maemo.org. Here we will draft the text for both. Quim has to deliver a first complete draft by 2008-11-18.
Introduction for developers
Ideas to develop, keeping them simple and short. More catchy than accurate or explained in depth.
- Basic platform description.
- Intro to the offering in a sensible way: Mozilla add-ons, Python, C/C++, GTK+Qt, SDK, SDK+, Eclipse plugins (do we need to digest all this or make a tighter selection).
- Specific message to Linux ports.
- Specific message to Symbian and .NET developers.
- Highlights on open platform development.
- Introduction to Forum Nokia: official & stable.
- Introduction to maemo.org Developers corner: community & unstable.
- Links to Quickstart Guide, Reference Manual and Training Materials.
Introduction to open source
Ideas to develop, keeping them simple and short. More catchy than accurate or explained in depth.
- Why being able to look at the source code of software is relevant to normal people.
- How normal people benefits from software freedom.
- Every user is a potential contributor.
- How Maemo benefits from the work of other projects, and viceversa.
- Short history and trends.
- maemo.org entry points to get started.
Links to know more:
- FSF philosophy
- Why Open Source? (from David Wheeler - numbers based argument)
- Why Open Source? (from Red Hat - more emotional argument)
- Open Source on wikipedia
- ...
- propose URLs