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Palm Pre Open Source Packages Released
- augustus 17y agoAnyone have any scoop on when the public SDK will be available? I bought a Palm Pre hoping that it will be available soon.
- mdasen 17y agoPalm's official word is: "We’re not announcing the SDK’s public launch date at this time. More information will be provided closer to availability." That indicates (to me) that they aren't that close to releasing it. If you're going to provide advanced information on availability, that sounds like a month or so to me which makes me think the SDK will be public in August at the soonest. It makes me (as a fellow Pre user) a little sad and annoyed. It should be pretty simple to make a few nice web apps using the HTML 5 local storage the Pre supports. I guess I can wait.
- metachris 17y agohmm... is that correct? releasing only the modified 'libraries' would be sufficient under LGPL, but since they are using GPL software wouldn't palm have to release the whole project?
- igorgue 17y agohttp://mjg59.livejournal.com/111453.html http://mjg59.livejournal.com/111453.html from the post: "instead Palm have included a written offer to supply the source code on request. This satisfies the GPL"
- metachris 17y agodoes just a "written offer to supply the source code on request" satisfy the GPL? i hope not, because that would leave quite some room for abuse to the point where you need to go to court to get the source.
- sp332 17y agoHow would this be abused? Ask for the source code, and they are required to give it to you.
- metachris 17y agowell, a company like palm could find numerous ways to not send you the cd in time (delaying strategies). don't you think so? it could be like calling google trying to reach an engineer from adsense. -> of course a company could delay sending you the code, which could ultimately force you to go to the court to get it. has anyone received the cd already?
- omouse 17y agowell, a company like palm could find numerous ways to not send you the cd in time (delaying strategies) Take them to court if it isn't supplied within a reasonable amount of time and notify the FSF and the SFLC: http://www.softwarefreedom.org/ http://www.softwarefreedom.org/
- metachris 17y agoyeah. i was just interested if palm is really releasing all their code, or if they try to get away with releasing bits. and, most importantly, if it satisfies the GPL to have a "written offer to supply the source code on request"
- jnorthrop 17y agoCould they just print it out and give that to you?
- mish 17y agoHmmm...they modified netcat? I wonder why? Will have to take a look later.
- whughes 17y agoThey didn't modify netcat, apparently. There's no patch on the right. The left column is just original source tarballs, probably for convenience/versioning/archiving purposes.