On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:42 AM, George Hunt <georgejh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a branch off of the thread "Does XSCE need a new home?", and > stimulated by James Cameron's comments quoted where in part: > > The XO tablet is rebranded Vivitar. On Amazon, besides the XO Tablet, > there is also a lower cost/capability tablet introduced as a "Camelo". I > purchased one. Looked at it's End User Licensing Agreement. Under the > DCMA(Digital Millennium Copyright Act), it is illegal to reverse engineer or > repurpose hardware that has proprietary material, without the express > consent of the manufacturer. I contacted the Vivitar customer support > for the Camelo, and asked that they tell me how to unlock the boot loader > -- that I liked their proprietary material, but I preferred to load other > software which was not covered by their license. They refused. > > You asked the wrong question, and are making a few incorrect assumptions. The XO Tablet EULA states that its software contains open source components which require source code distribution. If you own a XO Tablet and ask for this you may get much of what you need to get the Android kernel up and running. Prior to leaving OLPC I did some of the source code review in anticipation of such requests. My impression from OLPC-SF however, is that no one really knows how to or is interested in doing the low-level development work required to take the open source components from that point to a working OS. I would not know if any AOSP-related projects have tried to work with Vivitar tablets. --- SJG
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