+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted December 9, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted December 9, 2011 webOS being open sourced, says HP HP has decided the fate of webOS today, and it's an open one: the platform will be contributed to the open source community. The company says that it will be an "active participant and investor in the project." Developing... Source: The Verge morphen 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJordan Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Just read about it. Good move from HP. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594508911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted December 9, 2011 Global Moderator Share Posted December 9, 2011 It's the only move they could make actually, not like anyone would want to buy it off of them. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArialBlue Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 So who will continue to develop it? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I wonder what will come of this. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 9, 2011 MVC Share Posted December 9, 2011 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogurth Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 So who will continue to develop it? EVERYONE! :) MightyJordan 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArialBlue Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 EVERYONE! :) Communist!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted December 9, 2011 Veteran Share Posted December 9, 2011 Major props to Meg for keeping webOS alive, love the OS (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509161 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stetson Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 If I understand correctly this actually makes WebOS more "open" than Android. It sounds like WebOS will become a true open source project that people can contribute to. Android just releases a source dump after every major release. Hopefully HP will still make hardware that runs WebOS, but if not at least other companies will have the ability WebOS devices. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Reid Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 So who will continue to develop it? Webos has a pretty significant group of developers in WebOS internals, and the "hacking" community has not only been supported by HP and palm but encouraged. Palm made it very easy for people to install new kernels for OC'ing and made no attempts to prevent people from doing so. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellofsouls Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 It's a better move than just killing it off, for sure, and possibly the best move at current situation, but unless HP or some other organization can provide a significant number of professional developers to devote their time in developing WebOS, open-sourcing will at most just hold it onto the edge with a niche fanbase using it. Just look at Maemo and MeeGo. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594509867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted December 11, 2011 Member Share Posted December 11, 2011 It seems like a good move on the surface but only time will tell if it is or not. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594511505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 It's the only move they could make actually, not like anyone would want to buy it off of them. No, they could have kept it and not done anything with it. There was nothing forcing them to open source it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594514213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted December 12, 2011 Global Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2011 No, they could have kept it and not done anything with it. There was nothing forcing them to open source it Trying to make up for all the money wasted by getting free development put into it is the goal. They'll still use it where ever they can but now don't have to put much if any real R&D into it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044151-webos-being-open-sourced-says-hp/#findComment-594514997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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