From Nokia's point of view, they want to see an example of what is possible before they invest time and money in opening up code and development processes. From my point of view (and I assume the view of other hackers/devs), I don't want to sink a lot of time into a project that might be doomed from the start. My three big concerns are: - licensing issues - not having a say in the direction development goes - having no recourse if Nokia stops maintaining said closed source code. The situation really breaks my heart in a way, but it seems like we're in a catch-22.