On Wed 21 Oct 2015 19:13 -0400, Anthony de Boer wrote: > Clifford Ilkay wrote: > > From <http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/21/blackberry-android-security/>: > > > > "BlackBerry also "hardened" the Linux kernel with various top-secret > > patches" > > > > How can they have "top-secret patches" to the Linux kernel and comply > > with the terms of the GPL? > > You only have to give source away to those who get binaries. I wonder > if it'd be technical compliance if the kernel and a source archive are > both in a user-inaccessible part of the phone's filesystem. :-\ > > The Android community is already infamous for tardy GPL compliance, > though.
Maybe it's something like the nvidia blob, in the setup the user will explicitly enable it, then it's on them. --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
