> > I didn't know this about Cyanogenmod. I use stock firmware on all my > > Android devices, acting like a dumb consumer (sadly, that's what I > > am). I just assumed Cyanogenmod was open if I wanted to bother. Is > > it like dd-wrt? > > That is my understanding. They used to be open, then the leaders did > a dd-wrt and went some other direction and a new project got forked. > Certainly supporting a qualcomm device with open code is quite hard. > Google has even had trouble getting factory images for nexus phones > released because of qualcomm, and qualcomm is the reason the android > open source project leader at google resigned.
Len, Thank you for sharing that Len. I also didn't know they had turned toxic. Qualcomm however is an open book. William --- GTALUG Talk Mailing List - [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
