[carmen]

HP should take on android head-on by uploading WebOS to GitHub and promoting it to handset manufacturers. HP has a sizable chunk of the PC space without an OS of their own

[rbanffy]

And how would they profit from it?

Google profits from Android phones mostly indirectly, through increased mobile web usage. HP has no such revenue source.

[Apocryphon]

Could HP make money licensing the OS to other mobile manufacturers?

[rbanffy]

It would have to compete against Android, which is almost free and against WP7, which has a, much likely, negative price tag.