On Thursday, October 15, 2015 02:34:34 PM Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Sonntag, 26. Juli 2015, 20:08:04 CEST schrieb Sebastian Kügler: > > > We were in contact with Fairphone last year about participating in the > > > Randa Meetings which in the end didn't happen because of too many > > > events > > > on their side. I can try and get in contact this year again. Or I can > > > introduce somebody here? > > > > me! I'm living in the Netherlands and was already planning to contact them > > and visit their office for a coffee. > > Did you talk with Fairphone people meanwhile? > > At least it seems they have obtained licenses to the software the are > currently using. And they are evaluating to prolong the life of the phones > by > using something else than Android: > > A second path we are exploring is the possibility of replacing the Android > > software by alternative operating systems (Ubuntu OS/Firefox OS/Sailfish > > OS) in an effort to prolong the life of the device (as that software is > > more cost-effective to maintain). While we’re still in the exploratory > > phases along these tracks, we do hope it’s clear that we’re committed to > > supporting our Fairphone 1 owners in the future. Thanks for sticking with > > us on this path to improve our phone’s longevity. > > https://www.fairphone.com/2015/09/16/long-term-software-support-fairphone-1/ > > Of course, I expect with Fairphone 2 being a Qualcomm device the software > support may be better in terms of being free software friendly.
We have been in contact, but it has been slow-going. Since we're still a year or so away from being even an option on a real device for end-users, that's not really a problem. Perhaps we should prove first, that our software is a viable option. -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
