[SailfishDevel] Are Jolla core apps opensource ?

[Tone Kastlunger]

Current closed source might have other reasons rather than salary;
- competitive advantage?
- API completeness?
etc
main point should be discussion on clarification on how, if and when these
closed sources will be made available.


On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 11:25 PM, a.grandi at gmail.com <a.grandi at gmail.com>wrote:

> The two things are not related at all :)
>
> Even "Linux", that is 100% opensource, has hundred of people paid to
> contribute to it full time.
>
> I know that the comparison is a bit unfair, but it's just to explain that
> it can be normal to be paid to develop something that is opensource.
> Can Jolla afford to rely completely on the community? They can't, at this
> stage. They pay employees to develop some apps. This doesn't mean these
> apps can't be opensourced for this reason. So probably there is a different
> reason that only Jolla can explain.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
> On 25 December 2013 22:17, Andrey Kozhevnikov <coderusinbox at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I think there are persons in Jolla who receive a salary for developing
>>
>> because of that Jolla Core is not opensource (yet?)
>>
>>
>> On 26.12.2013 03:05, Vincent B. wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure about it, since I'm unable to find the sources for Jolla
>>> core apps such as the app clock. I'd like to add the ability to select a
>>> timer's duration at the second precision level.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Vincent
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