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A publicly available blog post from the Hildon Foundation, which
contains the exact text found below, can be found at:

http://hildonfoundation.org/open-let...tion-to-jolla/

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Dear Jolla,

Happy New Year! And, congratulations on your successful launch in
November. We were all watching in hopeful anticipation and were
pleasantly surprised. You are doing things that many of us never thought
possible.

Like Jolla's open ecosystem, Hildon Foundation has also been born as the
only fully incorporated, non-profit organization with a mission to
promote open source software derived from Maemo. So, naturally, it makes
sense that our organizations should cooperate with each other.
Hopefully, you won't mind that we're publishing this as an "open letter"
on our blog (http://hildonfoundation.org/open-let...tion-to-jolla/)
in the hopes that a greater community dialog will occur. If you would
like us to conduct any of our conversations privately, just let us know.

As some of you are aware, the Hildon Foundation finds itself in quite a
difficult spot at this new year with the impending departure of Nokia.
Not only are we gaining full control of the maemo.org infrastructure
(housing, developing, and supporting related open source software), and
receiving pleas from N9/950 users who need a new space for community and
support, but we are also taking over all financial responsibilities.
Thankfully, after our initial fundraising effort, we have received over
$2,000.00 US from our gracious community members. But, we need more.

In fact, we are now in the process of finding willing sponsors of all
types to help fund our open software ecosystem. This is why we're
writing to you. We would like you to consider sponsoring or working with
Hildon Foundation in some way. In particular, we would also like to open
the community venue for Sailfish OS.

In our eyes, it would be hard to deny that the Hildon Foundation would
be a beneficial advocate for Jolla. Jolla is special to us. In essence,
you are Maemo's sister. And, in all honesty, we would like to support
you. In fact, we have been quite supportive to many projects and
initiatives over the years based on these "gifts" (both downstream and
upstream).

Some examples of the work that has been done over the past years include:

* Very intensive Google Summer of Code application development
* Three successful Coding Competitions
* Extensive progress in CSSU development
* Over 100 million software downloads
* Unified development efforts for much open source software (Linux,
Mozilla, Debian, etc.)
* An Extras repository full of QA tested community applications
* Crowd-sourced brainstorming of all types
* Major global conferences (under Nokia's sponsorship)
* Developer Device programs
* Local meetups and hackfests
* General community evangelism
* Etc.

Still, the track record doesn't address the current challenges or pay
the bills. We would welcome discussion about a relationship between our
organizations... If anything, we would like to form a friendship. If
Jolla would be willing to become a sponsor and aid us in promoting the
open source software aspects of Jolla and Sailfish -- or, possibly even
foot the bill -- we would offer valuable community support to Jolla. In
fact, we see a huge possibility of the Hildon Foundation becoming a part
of the Jolla ecosystem or Sailfish Alliance itself.

Thank you for considering this suggestion of formal cooperation.
Regardless of the outcome, we wish Jolla nothing but success, for this
year and for the unforeseeable future.

Best Regards,
The Hildon Foundation

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