Do you like non open-source SFOS contributions from OMP (Russia)?
asked 2019-12-01 11:52:52 +0200
Referring to Jolla blog with Sailfish OS 3.2.0 Torronsuo there a core elements of the software improvements also done by the russian software developers from Open Mobile Platform (OMP):
"Warm thanks to our partner OMP for the support and for co-developing many of the core improvements with Jolla for Torronsuo."
To be honest I don't now much more about OMP despite that they are from Russia and are developing SFOS based AuroraOS for russian and maybe Chinese market (link).
Both countries are known for their malignant IT strategies and will do in my opinion many things to find their own ways in collecting big user data.
So is there an impact on SailfishOS and our hope and trust in it's independence and privacy of our user data or not?
Afaik the contributions of OMP are not open source:
"Related to your question, we only accept source code level submissions to Sailfish OS. All of the code included in Sailfish OS is thoroughly reviewed by Jolla and can be reviewed by our software licensees. This way we maintain a chain-of-trust between all involved parties.
Whether particular code contribution is Open Source, depends on how the code itself and its dependencies are licensed."
answered James Noori to this question on Jolla blog to the release of Torronsuo.
So do you like it?
What do you think?
Update: Refined headline and tags.
Jolla is small company. They need all the help they can get, and if they get source code level contributions they can review and decide whether to keep or reject, then I guess I'm happy with it. They have lot to watch after for though, as none of us would like to see any shady code pieces in the core of the OS. I just hope Jolla is able to make good choices.
Lupin ( 2019-12-01 12:32:30 +0200 )edityeah, concerns may raise but what can they do - like @Lupin mentioned...
best would be some EU raised (open) funding boosting sw development, even for individuals, mandating FOSS components as result...
or from private sector - like Open Society Foundations
zlutor ( 2019-12-01 13:01:46 +0200 )editSome OMP contributions are open source, they need to full fill the code license anyway when contributing. You can see various MR in https://git.sailfishos.org/mer-core are coming from people employed by OMP. You can monitor their contributions you like.
That being said, they of course also contribute to the closed part of SailfishOS, and this we cannot look at, as from contributions of Jolla employees.
Damien Caliste ( 2019-12-01 16:36:48 +0200 )editI am not overly concerned because I do not buy into the 80s „evil empire“ narrative the same way I do not believe an EU planned economy will be the ultimate solution.
Kopekenscheich ( 2019-12-02 06:45:48 +0200 )editBy the way, OMP opened a vacancy of Chromium based browser developer.
AlexP ( 2019-12-02 07:08:31 +0200 )edit