I'm going to reply to this because I think the overall subject matter does has merit.
On Sunday 25 July 2010 16:17:59 Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > Interesting read > > Geeks’Phone’s CCR Program: a Real Open Source Phone > http://www.androidjunkies.com/index.php/tag/cosmos/ The "ONE" or "Geek phone" at that link is a fairly interesting looking device. > I think this illustrates that what you get when you buy an Android phone on > a 2 year contract is not really 'open' in the way we think about open. There are some interesting things to talk about concerning US Warranty law and consumer electronics. I think it's because of complications in this area that allowing user modifications are undesirable to service providers. Any company that does it generally complains of the headaches it causes them. On the technical side, from reading the Linux Kernel Mailing List (via RSS) I've been reading some of the challenges that the kernel developers have been having concerning the explosion of ARM-based phones that Linux needs to support. Each manufacturer wants to be able to choose particular devices to put within the phone, and this has put a strain on internal configuration option management. > I also think that we will never see any open hardware in the US, the > carriers have too much control and the FCC is just a political tool. I'm generally with you, but I don't see how the FCC has any control over which particular devices carriers will support. > So is there a place were I can put my outrage to some productive good? is > there an EFF for phones? I'm not aware of one. > Aka I want open hardware that I own and to be able to buy service from > companies at fair market price It would be nice to have that. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Aug 4 - Samba Sep 1 - BOINC Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions
