Tag Archives: openmoko

Mobile phone markets are designed to split our community

Posted on 6 April, 2009 by Stef

Apple’s iPhone biggest innovation is its mobile app store: for the first time it allowed installing software on the mobile device with the convenience of any modern GNU/Linux distribution. Like in Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, installing software is just a matter … Continue reading →

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Is GPLv3 doomed on mobile handsets?

Posted on 5 December, 2008 by Stef

Short answer: no, I don’t think so. But it will take lots of efforts for GPLv3 software to diffuse on handsets, too. Longer answer. For us at Funambol it’s quite clear that not all of the Funambol clients can be … Continue reading →

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Openmoko forced to fight a patent troll

Posted on 22 November, 2008 by Stef

Instead of innovating the mobile business, OpenMoko is now forced to divert energy on a battle against an Italian patent troll. From a message to the OpenMoko mailing lists: The short story is that we are in a protracted battle … Continue reading →

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