As Nokia focuses more and more attention on Meego/Harmattan, it appears that the majority of the responsibility of supporting the existing platform of Maemo 5/Fremantle will fall on the community. However, with some components (such as the phone stack) being closed, it is impossible to develop some solutions without Nokia's assistance. Therefore, I am would like to request from Nokia that we receive ALL source code for Maemo 5 and/or the n900 in order to more effectively support the n900.

We need a system in place that allows us to resolve bugs in real time (similar to the app approval process) and releasing all source code for Maemo 5 and the n900 is the first step towards this becoming a reality. Waiting months for massive firmware updates is not how open source should work!

Disclaimer: I am not a developer, so if anything I have said above doesn't make sense please don't bash me too hard I do, however, try to do my part in helping with testing.