I read an article that the Sonic Mobile Communicator app can be obtained from "proprietary" app stores so it can be run on more or less "proprietary" platforms. A sonic support representative told me that there is no open source version available.
Personally, I see no obvious reason why Linux users should not be able to call from their laptop if they happen to have WIFI access while away from home. There are also Linux mobile phones out there and being developed. Furthermore, as far as I understand it, some of those proprietary platforms themselves rely on Linux at their core i.e. build on the open source community's efforts. Although I've not seen SMC code, I wouldn't be surprised if SMC itself didn't rely on open source to actually function, if not develop. Seems very unfair to me.
So I thought I would ask Sonic for the reason that no open source SMC is available, and whether they plan to make it available?
Personally, I see no obvious reason why Linux users should not be able to call from their laptop if they happen to have WIFI access while away from home. There are also Linux mobile phones out there and being developed. Furthermore, as far as I understand it, some of those proprietary platforms themselves rely on Linux at their core i.e. build on the open source community's efforts. Although I've not seen SMC code, I wouldn't be surprised if SMC itself didn't rely on open source to actually function, if not develop. Seems very unfair to me.
So I thought I would ask Sonic for the reason that no open source SMC is available, and whether they plan to make it available?