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felipelcout at gmail

Nov 6, 2009, 3:40 AM

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Commercial applications at Maemo

Hello,

Is it possible to create commercial applications for Maemo?

Thanks,

Felipe.
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vivainio at gmail

Nov 6, 2009, 3:44 AM

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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Felipe Coutinho <felipelcout[at]gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to create commercial applications for Maemo?

Yes.

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jsmanrique at gmail

Nov 6, 2009, 4:09 AM

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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

Yes, you can, and there are already some commercial apps installed on
N900 by default, for example Documents To Go.

It is expected that Ovi market platform will be ready for Maemo
devices soon, so you can develop commercial apps for Maemo platform,
and you'll have a channel to monetize them easily.

If you have more questions, feel free to ask ;)

2009/11/6 Felipe Coutinho <felipelcout[at]gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to create commercial applications for Maemo?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Felipe.
> --
> Felipe Leal Coutinho
> http://felipelcoutinho.googlepages.com/
>
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aklapper at openismus

Nov 6, 2009, 4:52 AM

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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

Am Freitag, den 06.11.2009, 13:09 +0100 schrieb Jose Manrique Lopez de
la Fuente:
> Yes, you can, and there are already some commercial apps installed on
> N900 by default, for example Documents To Go.

Actually "Documents To Go" is not installed by default, but its
installer.

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jsmanrique at gmail

Nov 6, 2009, 5:19 AM

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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

Ok, my fault, since I don't have a n900 I can't be 100% sure if it is
installed by default or not, but I've seen it in some videos.

Thanks,

2009/11/6 Andre Klapper <aklapper[at]openismus.com>:
> Am Freitag, den 06.11.2009, 13:09 +0100 schrieb Jose Manrique Lopez de
> la Fuente:
>> Yes, you can, and there are already some commercial apps installed on
>> N900 by default, for example Documents To Go.
>
> Actually "Documents To Go" is not installed by default, but its
> installer.
>
> andre
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>
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felipelcout at gmail

Nov 6, 2009, 9:08 AM

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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

If I use C++ and GTK to do a commercial application to Maemo, is it
necessary pay any license to Nokia or to other company?

Thanks,

Felipe.

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http://felipelcoutinho.googlepages.com/

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Ville M. Vainio <vivainio[at]gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Felipe Coutinho <felipelcout[at]gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is it possible to create commercial applications for Maemo?
>
> Yes.
>
> --
> Ville M. Vainio
> http://tinyurl.com/vainio
>

jsmanrique at gmail

Nov 6, 2009, 9:26 AM

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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

No, you don't need to pay licence to Nokia.

2009/11/6, Felipe Coutinho <felipelcout[at]gmail.com>:
> If I use C++ and GTK to do a commercial application to Maemo, is it
> necessary pay any license to Nokia or to other company?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Felipe.
>
> --
> Felipe Leal Coutinho
> http://felipelcoutinho.googlepages.com/
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Ville M. Vainio <vivainio[at]gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Felipe Coutinho <felipelcout[at]gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Is it possible to create commercial applications for Maemo?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> --
>> Ville M. Vainio
>> http://tinyurl.com/vainio
>>
>

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kate.alhola at nokia

Nov 6, 2009, 9:43 AM

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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

----- Original message ----
> If I use C++ and GTK to do a commercial application to Maemo, is it necessary
> pay any license to Nokia or to other company?

You can use C++, GTK, Hildon, Qt etc without paying any
licence. Most of components are LGPL that mean that you
can link them to closed source applications.

Just reminder, commercial and closed source are different
things. It is possible to make closed but free of charge
applications or it is possible to make commercial open source
applications.

GPL and LGPL does not say that you cant make commercial
applications.

Kate

> Thanks,
>
> Felipe.
>
> --
> Felipe Leal Coutinho
> http://felipelcoutinho.googlepages.com/
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Ville M. Vainio
> <vivainio[at]gmail.com<mailto:vivainio[at]gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Felipe Coutinho <felipelcout[at]gmail.com<mailto:felipelcout[at]gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is it possible to create commercial applications for Maemo?
>
>
> Yes.
>
> --
> Ville M. Vainio
> http://tinyurl.com/vainio
>
>
>
>

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g+770 at cobb

Nov 6, 2009, 10:11 AM

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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 06:26:32PM +0100, Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente wrote:
> No, you don't need to pay licence to Nokia.
>
> 2009/11/6, Felipe Coutinho <felipelcout[at]gmail.com>:
> > If I use C++ and GTK to do a commercial application to Maemo, is it
> > necessary pay any license to Nokia or to other company?

Of course, if you choose to use a commercial service to distribute or sell
your application (e.g. Ovi Store) or you want to purchase consultancy or
training (e.g. from Forum Nokia) you may have to pay fees for that. This
list would not be the right place to ask about those: Forum Nokia
(www.forum.nokia.com) is probably the place to find out about those.

If you want to distribute your application free of charge (even though it
may not be under a free software licence) you will be able to use the
non-free section of the maemo.org Extras repository, with no fees. We have
not quite worked out the process for doing that but if you are interested we
would be happy to work with you.

Graham
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felipelcout at gmail

Nov 6, 2009, 11:05 AM

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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

Thanks for all the answers.

Felipe.

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On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Graham Cobb
<g+770[at]cobb.uk.net<g%2B770[at]cobb.uk.net>
> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 06:26:32PM +0100, Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente
> wrote:
> > No, you don't need to pay licence to Nokia.
> >
> > 2009/11/6, Felipe Coutinho <felipelcout[at]gmail.com>:
> > > If I use C++ and GTK to do a commercial application to Maemo, is it
> > > necessary pay any license to Nokia or to other company?
>
> Of course, if you choose to use a commercial service to distribute or sell
> your application (e.g. Ovi Store) or you want to purchase consultancy or
> training (e.g. from Forum Nokia) you may have to pay fees for that. This
> list would not be the right place to ask about those: Forum Nokia
> (www.forum.nokia.com) is probably the place to find out about those.
>
> If you want to distribute your application free of charge (even though it
> may not be under a free software licence) you will be able to use the
> non-free section of the maemo.org Extras repository, with no fees. We
> have
> not quite worked out the process for doing that but if you are interested
> we
> would be happy to work with you.
>
> Graham
>

jeremiah at jeremiahfoster

Nov 6, 2009, 2:19 PM

Post #11 of 11 (197 views)
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Re: Commercial applications at Maemo [In reply to]

On Nov 6, 2009, at 18:08, Felipe Coutinho wrote:

> If I use C++ and GTK to do a commercial application to Maemo, is it
> necessary pay any license to Nokia or to other company?

Make sure you understand the terms and conditions of the libraries
that you use. Specifically the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
. Look closely at the license for GTK+ as well, and read this about
that license: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html

You should also note that Nokia is developing a system for using their
commercial Ovi service to sell applications on Maemo as well.

Regards,

Jeremiah
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