Motorola gnu/linux phones

[Thomas Charron]

On 8/13/07, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/12/07, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
> > Thomas Charron wrote:
> > >   But none of that software is directly interfacing or running on the
> > > hardware.  Generally, it is running under the abstraction of the
> > > kernel.
> > It doesn't matter.  It's physically installed on the hardware, which
> > means they have to make it possible to physically install a modified
> > version.
>  Show me where this is stated.  It's infered by peoples perception
> that this should be the way it should operate.
>  Additionally, perhaps it is physically possible to physically solder
> in a new ROM chip into the device.

  In support of this, note this sentence.

'But this requirement does not apply if neither you nor any third
party retains the ability to install modified object code on the User
Product (for example, the work has been installed in ROM).'

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-- Thomas