Quoth Balint Szente: > On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:49:30 +0300 > Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindf...@iki.fi> wrote: > > > Norayr Chilingarian <nor...@arnet.am> writes: > > > Sorry if my questions are a little bit off topic. Anyway I am very > > > interested in free fw for my devices - OM gta-02 and n900. > > ^^^^^^^ > > > > Afaik the firmware in question won't meet the FSF free software > > definition or OSI open source definition since you don't have a > > license that lets you share and change it legally. If you want free > > software firmware that runs on gta02 you can take a look at osmocombb. > > Isn't the situation the same with osmocombb as well? > > Based on what is written here: > <http://bb.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/LegalAspects#Usingmodifiedphonesoncarriernetworks> > can osmocombb considered free software in FSF's or OSI's definition? > What is not clear for me is that can a software be FSF/OSI "free" but > illegal to use?
The situation with osmocombb is similar, but not the same. In both cases the software is practically modifiable and redistributable, but not legally so. In the case of OsmocomBB, I think redistribution would be fine, it's just using it that would be forbidden. In the case of this firmware, it's forbidden to use it for the same reason, but there are also copyright claims which would disallow redistribution as well. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
