Motorola gnu/linux phones

[Konstantin Svist]

mr wrote:
> Hi!
>
> How will the gplv3 affect the motorola gnu/linux based phones, as far 
> as I can see they incorporate a lot of non gpl technology and also 
> they don't make it particularly easy to get the source.. are there 
> technical restrictions placed on the phone hardware that restricts 
> access to the bundled software only?
>
> As it currently stands, if the phones started using gplv3, would they 
> be compliant?
>
> I presume that they will sooner or later be using gplv3 code..
>
> Alan

Are you sure the HW locks you in to motorola firmware?
I thought the firmware was just packed into an unspecified (possibly 
encrypted/signed/whatever) binary. They publish all their changes to the 
code, but don't disclose how the binary is generated..