Google shutting down independent Android image developers? [LWN.net]

Google shutting down independent Android image developers?

Posted Sep 26, 2009 12:04 UTC (Sat) by ewan (guest, #5533)
In reply to: Google shutting down independent Android image developers? by mark_h
Parent article: Google shutting down independent Android image developers?

You could also consider the Nokia N900 which, while it's not as completely free as the OpenMoko phones, sounds a lot more freedom friendly than Android.

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Google shutting down independent Android image developers?

Posted Sep 26, 2009 19:07 UTC (Sat) by lbt (subscriber, #29672) [Link] (1 responses)

Indeed, Nokia are going to reasonable lengths to permit the re-distribution of the few parts of Maemo/Fremantle that are closed.

Essentially they are working with us (Mer - http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer) to let us distribute community versions of the OS that can still use the closed blobs they had to/chose to use.

Nicely done Nokia...

Google shutting down independent Android image developers?

Posted Sep 28, 2009 10:30 UTC (Mon) by pabs (subscriber, #43278) [Link]

Will you be putting those non-free blobs into Debian non-free?