Motorola gnu/linux phones

[mr]

On 8/11/07, mr <mrintegrity at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, I am not sure at all. But presumably certain parts of the hardware are
> locked out (anything that interfaces with the providers network) Perhaps
> that only exposes an API which the other software can interface with..
>
> On 8/10/07, Konstantin Svist <fry.kun at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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..
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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