On Sat, 23 Mar 2019 11:15:03 +0100 Fil <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 22/03/19 00:32, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > > But I've looked at the other files in the same directory, and > > beside huge warranty disclaimers, we have the following: > >> Cypress does not authorize its products for use as critical > >> components in life-support systems where a malfunction or failure > >> may reasonably be expected to result in significant injury to the > >> user. The inclusion of Cypress� product in a life-support systems > >> application implies that the manufacturer assumes all risk of such > >> use and in doing so indemnifies Cypress against all charges. > >> > >> Use may be limited by and subject to the applicable Cypress > >> software license agreement. > > This looks really borderline: > > Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to when I said there were > other (seemingly) non-free files in the directory Yes indeed, I should have looked into it more in details. > > So I think that it would be better to either remove all of that, and > > verify that everything still work fine, or if that's not easy to > > do, ask a for legal advise on this issue. > > I already tried to remove the non-free files, a couple of months ago. > [1] The problem is that the touch keys won't work at all without those > drivers, making the phone nearly unusable. The Galaxy Nexus lack touch keys, and has them implemented in software. > So I think there's room for asking legal advice. Yes, it would be better to keep the touchkeys if possible. I'll try to look if upstream Linux has support for touchkeys when I get back online. In that case we could also remove that temporarily and restore it in Replicant 9.0. Denis.
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