On 02/12/15 08:54 AM, Denver Gingerich wrote: > Since the B2G code includes the kernel named Linux, which is licensed > under GPLv2, manufacturers must provide "the scripts used to control > compilation and installation of [Linux]". This could be interpreted > to mean that they must provide an unlocked bootloader, since it may > be difficult to install a new kernel without this.
Nope. This is part of what lead to the most hated clause of the GPLv3, the so-called "anti tivoisation" clause that would require recipients of the code to be allowed to install said modified software on the hardware they purchased with. Linux never switched to GPLv3, and large portion of the kernel are licensed (deliberately?) under the GPLv2 instead of GPLv2 or later, preventing the implicit license version upgrade. If you find it otherwise, feel free to seek legal counsel: if you have acquired such a locked device, you'd be entitled to it. Good luck with that. Hub _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
