Sean McNeil wrote: [...] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Excuse me if I'm going a little out of topic, but, will some polemic >> features like [1] and [2] be removed, so the platform is a bit "more >> free"? >> >> [1] >> http://alsutton.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/android-the-not-so-open-open-platform/ >> > > This is related to phones from companies that need or want to control > access to their hardware. Google has nothing to do with this except to > provide for security through certificates. This is a good idea and I > think OM will have one, but it doesn't mean there will be anything > closed source on the OM phones. It will remain open. >
We have different definitions of open, then. ;-) By yours, Tivo is open because it uses linux. By my definition, open means you can change the device to your liking. My main concern is this article: http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211300198&cid=RSSfeed_eetimes_newsRSS Which led me to discover this: http://www.mocana.com/NanoPhone-Android.html In particular: "NanoBoot™: Provides all the tools and firmware source code needed to perform pre-boot verification. NanoBoot uses strong cryptography to validate the BIOS, firmware, and boot loader images and can run in memory-constrained environments (depending on cryptographic configuration), requiring less than 8 KB uncompressed firmware space and less than 2 KB of RAM." Please understand, I'm not opposed to Android at all. The more open (viewable) code, the better. I'm just getting frustrated with getting my hopes up, then seeing the crap I referred to above. Note: the EETimes article was put out only one day before the G1 hit the streets... >> [2] >> http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/16/google-implemented-an-android-kill-switch-those-rascals/ >> >> > > I'm not sure exactly what is being discussed here. Since Android is open > source, if there is a kill switch it can be removed. I think they are > talking about removing things from their version of the application market. > I don't mind a kill switch for apps downloaded through Google. There needs to be a "safe download zone" for users who have no desire to hack their phone. But if I compile it and load it myself, they should leave it alone. If the kill switch is NanoBoot, you're going to have a hard time deleting that. Jason. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
