I heard Sailfish OS had several closed bits in it like Maemo. I heard that the user interface and the Jolla components were closed source. If Jolla is yet another Quasi-open source os like Maemo was then I will look elsewhere. Can anyone confirm that this is true or false?
The user interface and some components are closed as it has been stated by themselves several times BUT they also stated that this will/may change in the future. I think they are trying to protect the os components, ui, etc. from others untill & after the release since they don't have the power to patent everything.
yes it has closed components. Not that it matters. Every distro has some closed parts.
Not really. Mobile ones do. I don't like the N9 vis'a'vis the N900 as the N9 is far more restricted. (besides I dont like the OS or hardware compared to N900.)
sailfish ui/ux is excellent, it does not matyer to me if the ui is open or closed.
Whether a UI is excellent or not is irrelevant. Openness is important.
edit: I realize drivers and what not will be closed but a platform should be open enough to port it to other hardware. The user interface is a pretty important component and should be open.
