Today I was catching up and listening to Alec Saunders' Squawk Box podcast when a bombshell was let loose-something that makes the news that Verizon Wireless chose LiMo over Google's Android make total selse: LiMo is arguably not open source. Skip ahead to through the 21:30 minute mark on the 16 May 2008 Squawk Box podcast. The major points:
- The only thing open about LiMo is that it runs on Linux and that the APIs are relatively open, but the APIs excepting that allow very limited functionality.
- A fee of $400,000 a year is required to be able to contribute source code to the brew.
- You can only use commercially-friendly Open-Source licenses in your code.
Sounds a bit like what people thought about Verizon Wireless: they say they want to exist open, but really, they're not going to unprotected up. This surprise any one?
See full instant.
Related Entries:
Verizon Wireless Drops CDMA for GSM – 26 September 2007
Google Intros Android SDK… and $10 Million in Prizes – 14 November 2007
LiMo Foundation Announces Upcoming Release of Mobile Linux OS – 04 February 2008
Verizon Wireless Chooses Open-Source LiMo Over Android – 15 May 2008
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