Openness (was RE: Concern for usability and ergonomics)

[Joe Pfeiffer]

Milan Votava writes:
>You are all going to become slaves of capitalists (Sean on behalf of FIC).
>
>Better to support guys from xda-developers.com (like cr2) to make 
>machines like HTC Universal a real free phones....

Better to work on a machine in spite of the manufacturer rather than
with the manufacturer?  I don't follow.  The day FIC wants me to sign
an NDA or claims ownership of my code, I'll agree with the "slaves of
capitalists" comment.  I don't see any prospect of that happening.