They are not phones, but the Nokia internet tablets are not that far for
freedom and deserve to be mentionned IMHO.
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At LinuxTag 2008 I learned that Motorola is giving you the kernel
sources but are using signed kernels and the bootloader to prevent you
from putting your own kernel on the device. I expect that phones
provided by LIMO and OHA will have the same 'feature'. Unfortunately its
the linux
Paul Wouters wrote:
Now imagine the OS being linux with no restrictions, fully GPLv3 compatible.
Now imagine one propretary binary running on that GPLv3 platform, which
sends a signature based on the OS/kernel contents to the baseband via serial.
If it is not a known good signature, the
Russell Sears wrote:
Paul Wouters wrote:
This is exactly what Motorola does. It is the 60 seconds of working
phone with openezx.
GPLv3 doesn't say anything about how the protection is implemented,
though it does say continued functioning, so I think they've covered
this loophole. :)
I'm glad I purchased an openmoko though. I'm tired of fighting against
mobile phone vendors.
yeah, its a lot easier to fight against all the open source guys
shivvying into position to make *the* bomb distro for the freerunner,
thus destroying all hope of 3rd-party developer markets being
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