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Is it free software?Is it free software?Posted Nov 26, 2012 2:49 UTC (Mon) by aryonoco (subscriber, #55563)In reply to: Is it free software? by debacle Parent article: Jolla offer a first look at their Sailfish smartphone OS (The Verge)
Doesn't seem to be.
There is all this talk right now of "friendship" and openness and transparency and lots of other fluffy words, but no actual code at the moment. It seems to be built on top of Mer but that's about it. We'll see how/if the situation changes in the future.
For contrast, as much as we like to bash Android here, it's worth noting that Android's code was out and open a good 10 months or so before the first phone running Android appeared on the market (T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream).
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Is it free software? Posted Nov 26, 2012 16:44 UTC (Mon) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] I'm big fan of the Android, too, but please don't spread FUD. Binary-only Android SDK was released in 2007, sure, but android's source was only released year later when real phones become available.
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