Hi, Can't Google Chrome be out of MeeGo distribution? I mean make it available as a seperate downloadable on top of MeeGo distribution. So that no special mention and projection of it required.
Regards Sajeev ----- Original message ----- > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Jeremiah Foster > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > MeeGo is an Open Source Linux distribution. > > It might help us to advertise that fact a bit more -- I just glanced > at the front page of www.meego.com<http://www.meego.com>, and I don't see the > words "Open > Source" or "Free Software" anywhere. The word "Linux" only shows up at > the very bottom, in a couple of links and trademark notices. > > > This means that it > > provides Open Source software packages conveniently installed for > > those who download MeeGo or those who buy a computer with MeeGo on it. > > Right. But note that MeeGo doesn't prevent vendors who ship MeeGo from > including proprietary software packages (modulo the terms of the FOSS > licenses). > > > Some of those Open Source software packages have end user license > > agreements, some don't. The Google Chrome browser is one of those that > > do. > > I believe that the Google Chrome Browser is not "Open Source," at > least not in whole. > > From what Wikipedia says, "Chromium" is the FOSS browser, while Chrome > (at least in terms of MeeGo) refers to a combination of Chromium + > proprietary pieces. > > > But the Google Chrome browser is just one of literally thousands > > of applications available on MeeGo and its end user license agreement > > has no bearing on MeeGo as a whole. > > Yes, the browser is just one of thousands of packages, and yes > (AFAIK), the EULA of the browser has no bearing on MeeGo as a whole. > But let's take another quick look at the front page of > www.meego.com<http://www.meego.com>. > Here's the text for Meego for Netbooks: > > --- > Download > MeeGo v1.1 for Netbooks (Google Chrome Browser) > > This release requires accepting the Google Chrome end user license > agreement (EULA). > --- > > In this case, the words "Google Chrome" appear *twice*, while the name > of the kernel, the UI, or any other subproject used in MeeGo is > completely absent. > > > The important > > point is that MeeGo is Open Source, so you're free to customize and > > add and remove whatever you want. > > Sure. And if some vendor wants to pull the default browser from the > MeeGo handset build and put in Google Chrome by default, then I guess > they can do that. But when they build their images, I don't think > they're going to call their product "Open Source." > > I'm just thinking that MeeGo is a big project with a lot of funding > and a lot of smart developers and other staff contributing to it. I'm > concerned that it might send the wrong message to other, smaller, > less-well-funded FOSS projects if MeeGo calls its product "Open > Source" or "Free Software," but then ships a proprietary application > installed by default. > > > So don't let someone else's casual interpretation fool you - MeeGo is > > pure Open Source and not part of Google. > > I think we're conflating two separate issues here: > > 1) The use of proprietary software in MeeGo. > 2) The involvement of Google in MeeGo or in software used by MeeGo. > > To address point #1, if there's proprietary software in MeeGo, then > describing MeeGo as "pure Open Source" seems inappropriate. If the > MeeGo community wants to be "pure Open Source," then I'm sure that the > Linux Foundation will back that move. > > As for point #2, I don't believe that there's any direct involvement > by Google in MeeGo. MeeGo just uses software authored by Google (some > FOSS, some proprietary). MeeGo may be using proprietary code written > and/or packaged by Google, but the choice to use such code was wholly > that of the MeeGo project. > > > Cheers, > --R > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-dev mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev >
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