[okl4-developer] openmoko, android, and "openness"

[Jorge Torres]

Hi,

Well, I've seen development demo videos in youtube for android, and it seems
to me due to the simplicity behind it, that available software for the
android platform will by far grow in short compared to Openmoko, also having
google giant supporting + others, will probably (I think) make android
Mobile and other devices preferred and most used platform in the planet,
therefore what (again I think) will probably happen is that openmoko will
join into the android effort.

But those as you ask are just thoughts based on my own perception,


Jorge



On Jan 6, 2008 4:41 PM, Christopher Carfi <ccarfi at cerado.com> wrote:

> thanks, benno.  anyone else have thoughts?
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2008 12:56 PM, Ben Leslie <benno at ok-labs.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu Jan 03, 2008 at 16:37:01 -0800, Christopher Carfi wrote:
> > >i saw the following message on another list to which i belong from a
> > >colleague (dan miller), and was hoping that folks here might have some
> > >insights as well.  dan's query:
> > >
> > >*"[With respect to] the prospects for an "open" wireless handset...for
> > a
> > >while OpenMoko seemed to be in the spirit of a Linux OS based platform
> > >designed to appeal to a core group of developers. Then it became quasi
> > >private/commercial when the Neo was introduced by a specific
> > manufacturer,
> > >First International Corp (FIC). They'll be at CES with a newly
> > introduce GPS
> > >device (DASH) that conforms to the "open" design. *
> > >
> > >*So I'm looking for general comments on what the important qualitative
> > >differences are between Android and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) on
> > the
> > >one hand(set) and OpenMoko on the other."*
> > >
> > >does anyone here on the OKL4 list have any thoughts, links or insight
> > that i
> > >could pass along to dan?  benno?  anyone?
> >
> > In terms of 'open'-ness, I think OpenMoko is clearly ahead at the moment
> > -
> > they actually have the code to their entire stack open and available, in
> > stark contrast to the Android project.
> >
> > As I understand it, a commitment has been made to release the full
> > source
> > code to Android some time this year.
> >
> > It has been said that the Android code base will be released under an
> > Apache style license, compared to OpenMoko, which is mostly (L)GPL.
> > I don't really want to get into the age-old debate over whether or not
> > reciprocal licenses are more or less open than non-reciprocal licenses.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Benno
> >
>
>
>
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