On Tue 29 Nov 2011 10:01:37 PM IST, FOSSmaniac wrote: > copied from [1] > > Replicant is a distribution of Android that is 100% Free Software. > > Most of Android is licensed freely under the Apache License 2.0. The > Linux core is mostly Free Software under the GPLv2. However, there are > numerous components of the default software stack on the devices that > are proprietary software. Most notably, nearly any component that > touches the hardware directly is proprietary software. > > We are not experts in embedded devices; we are just enthusiastic hackers > that are giving a try. > > Currently we have this blog and a Trac instance, both graciously donated > by OSU-OSL. > > Replicant was founded by four people: Bradley M. Kuhn, Aaron Williamson, > Graziano Sorbaioli, Denis ‘GNUtoo’ Carikli. > > > > [1] http://replicant.us/about/ >
It's great, but how many devices will implement this? We have already very few companies (I know Dell) who bundle Linux as a default distro on their laptops/PCs. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
