On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 09:11:18PM +0000, Dave Crossland wrote: [ ... ] > Oh dear. > > Again, I quote from the blog post I quoted I started this thread: > > "The deal is, if [FIC] want to retain the ability to modify the > software, they have to let [users like us] modify it too." > > While this 'deal' is a requirement of GPLv3 licensed code, and doesnt > apply to the propriety system-on-a-chip in the FIC handset, because, > as you say, > > >Protocol stacks, even really mature ones like Ti's still have their fair > >share of bugs. Really you need to think of the GSM part as > >complete (proprietary) system. It just uses AT commands to talk > >with the application processor. > > This presents a problem for free software in the same way that > non-free BIOS software presents a problem. [1]
Unfortunately, the details about the neo hardware are not disclosed yet. But AFAIK, the module in question is a separate "modem" communicating via AT-commands over a serial connection with the main CPU. I don't see a big difference to the types of modems that were common two decades ago. You ever blamed trailblazer/us-robotics/zyxel for their sources not beeing GPL? Our interface is the serial line. As long as this (the AT commands) is well documented, I don't see a major problem... Let the modem be exactly what it is: just a modem, beeing accessed via AT commands over a serial line. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
