[MeeGo-dev] Meego spec - for comment

David Greaves david at dgreaves.com
Thu Sep 16 08:03:36 PDT 2010


On 16/09/10 15:28, Anas Nashif wrote:
>
> On 2010-09-16, at 12:20 PM, David Greaves wrote:
>
>> On 16/09/10 11:52, Counihan, Tom wrote:
>>> The IVI vertical reflects the above, OEMs will most likely always lock down,
>>> primarily driven from safety concerns - litigation and publicity concerns
>>> over the potential of apps indirectly causing road deaths. Think of stuck
>>> accelerator pedals recently.
>>
>> So?
>> They won't let you install some apps?
>>
>> *IF THEY WOULD* and you downloaded a MeeGo compliant app that used a Surrounds library would it work?
>
> So in case of a road death, who is liable for this Surrounds library exactly?

My comment was meant to support them in their action for exactly this reason.

It did however suggest that if they were not restricted by their self-imposed 
policy, there would be no technical issues.

David


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