Closed - Jolla missing OpenSource policy

 Edit 31-Jan-2014: Thanks Jolla, on behalf of the whole community! With Sailfish OS update 1.0.3.8 Naamankajärvi, Jolla has delivered the solution. It's now possible to remove the OEM lock  via updated recovery menu. OpenSource policy is coming back :)

A pick from the changelog:

• Improved recovery mode functionality introducing new features such as bootloader unlocking, shell and filesystem recovery options

Earlier Marc Dillon already tweeded this promise, now (only a month later) carried out:

@JollaUSA @JollaHQ It was a temporary patch by an engineer followed by a massive overreaction, It will be reversed when better fix is made.
— Marc Dillon (@MarcDillonDotFi) December 31, 2013

Original article 29-Dec-2013:

Due to an unexpected turn that Jolla has locked their phone from OpenSource developers without warning them or discussing with them in advance, I'm stopping my contributing to the community. My contributing was done without benefits in a believe for having the most OpenSource favoured phone in the market.

Besides that this is the last article I write, I'm pulling out of my ongoing bug tracking projects: One conserning location services, 2 conserning memory handling, one possibly related to i2c/NFC (the project wasn't started yet).

My phone went OEM locked after Sailfish update (version 1.0.2.5) was installed. I'm ready to join the community again only after OpenSource policy is back, and I see a decent explanation of why the act was done the way it was (sudden, silent way and not e.g. offering a separate, OpenSource solution for those who would have liked it at the same time).

For information:

• OEM lock enables the manufacturer and 3rd parties to enter hidden code into system. For example in China, where the government has a strict policy to the community, phones sold there are usually OEM locked.
• No phone in the market is true OpenSource, and I didn't expect Jolla to be one either. There's always some closed, copyrighted code included, especially from the hardware part manufacturers, and this is somewhat acceptable. So far, Jolla was doing a great job having as much OpenSource code in their phone as possible.
• Sailfish OS itself remains as OpenSource - Jolla has included some of their own, copyrighted code into the phone, so the phone's operating system is partially OpenSource, partially closed.

Thank's to all my readers, thanks to all Jolla owners contributing with me, and thanks for sharing the information (iltalehti.fi, talouselama.fi, mpc.fi, jollatides.com, jollasuomi.fi, taskumuro.com  and all the other great forums). In my opinion, the best way to return the company to the desired level of OpenSource policy is to pause until it's seen again. Hope to see you soon.

YIS

Simo Ruoho

Edit 29-Dec at 20:35 UTC: Workaround was not only published quick by @bencord0, but it was also shared quickly by Harri Hakulinen, chief engineer at Jolla. Jolla's phone stays OEM locked until the official solution for developers is presented, but booting the phone with your own images is possible again Not tested, so please confirm by comment when you've tried. In conclusion, I hope this brings some talented brains back to #jolla2gether. I'm not counting myself to this group, but I'll contribute again - mostly thanks to Jolla's fast reaction.

@SimoRuoho Wellcome back ;) RT @bencord0 http://t.co/wHLU8kacuZ … Tinkerability: On recent the #Jolla Update #Maadajävri
— Harri Hakulinen (@HarriHakulinen) December 29, 2013