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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>De:</B> community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org en nombre de steven mosher<BR><B>Enviado el:</B> lun 13/07/2009 18:29<BR><B>Para:</B> maddog@li.org<BR><B>CC:</B> community@lists.openmoko.org<BR><B>Asunto:</B> Re: The University of São Paulo's intent to join Openmoko development<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV> Thanks maddog for staying on this over the past month or so. I really appreciate
<DIV>the effort and I know the rest of the community does as well. As you know I'm unwilling</DIV>
<DIV>to give up on the dream of the Freerunner and the dream of community driven hardware</DIV>
<DIV>in general. I know Werner and his group, the GTA02 core team, is dedicated as well</DIV>
<DIV>to this dream. Let me know how I can help.</DIV>
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<DIV>Steve</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:maddog@li.org">maddog@li.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Dear Openmoko Community,<BR><BR>In light of the refocusing of Sean's company on consumer items, there<BR>has been a perceived vacuum created in the Openmoko community's efforts<BR>to create next-generation open cellular smart phones.<BR><BR>I happened to be working with Dr. Marcelo Zuffo, a full professor and<BR>the head of the Laboratory for Integrated Systems at the University of<BR>São Paulo, Brazil, on an unrelated project. I asked Dr. Zuffo if the<BR>university would be willing to join the Openmoko community and to<BR>provide critical resources to the task at hand.<BR><BR>I subsequently have met with Dr. Zuffo several times on this matter,<BR>have seen his facilities (which include a very modern and<BR>state-of-the-art SMT line) and have discussed the goals of the community<BR>to design and prototype a completely open design for a cellular phone.<BR>Dr. Zuffo and the university understand your issues, understand free and<BR>open source software and hardware and are willing to assist the<BR>community with this project.<BR><BR>I might add that the university can bring several new capabilities to<BR>the community:<BR><BR>First of all, Dr. Zuffo has discussed the Openmoko project with the<BR>Minister of Telecommunications of Brazil, and the Minister is very<BR>enthusiastic about the concept. Having the support of the government of<BR>the twelfth largest economy behind the project might really help us with<BR>various negotiations with vendors.<BR><BR>Secondly the University has been working on several aspects of<BR>telecommunications for a long time, and therefore has expertise in<BR>telephonic security and codecs (among other things) that could be of use<BR>to the Openmoko community.<BR><BR>Third, the university has the ability and expertise to design new<BR>integrated circuits. Recently they designed a a range of analog-digital<BR>chips. Therefore the possibility of developing, manufacturing and<BR>freely licensing new chips to help reduce the cost of the phone is<BR>possible.<BR><BR>Forth, while the facilities I mentioned are capable of producing up to<BR>10,000 units at the rate of one circuit board every 30 seconds, the<BR>purpose of the facilities is research, developing and support projects<BR>that can lead innovation, the lab's charter does not allow them to<BR>manufacture more units then the 10,000 because that would be "commercial<BR>production". Therefore the university has a goal of freely licensing<BR>the design to companies for manufacture.<BR><BR>Fifth, the university would be happy to host the mailing lists and<BR>forums of the Openmoko project. If some of the software projects need<BR>hosting and can not find hosting services other places, the university<BR>will consider acting as a primary hosting facility for these projects.<BR><BR>Sixth, personally I would like to see this concept extended, of inviting<BR>more universities and their facilities to help with this project<BR>world-wide. I hope that the leadership of the University of Sao Paulo<BR>will help create the structure and inspiration for this to happen.<BR><BR>Finally, the university has a non-profit legal entity, LSITEC, which can<BR>easily do the type of paperwork that Sean's company did (NDAs,<BR>certification) so the community can leverage off that.<BR><BR>I know that there will be a lot of questions and considerations to take<BR>before the community is comfortable with this relationship. Dr. Zuffo<BR>has asked that I help coordinate the joining together of the university<BR>with the community, and in the interest of seeing Openmoko continue to<BR>do the fine work started by Sean and all of you, I will be glad to help<BR>in this capacity. I am monitoring the community mailing list, and<BR>people are also welcome to email me directly (<A href="mailto:maddog@li.org">maddog@li.org</A>) with<BR>questions that you do not (for any reason) wish to post to the list.<BR><BR>Dr. Zuffo's letter of intent is below.<BR><BR>Warmest regards,<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>Jon "maddog" Hall<BR>President, Linux International<BR>CTO of Koolu, Inc.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>