On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 13:51 -0500, Daniel Benoy wrote: > On Wednesday 18 February 2009 16:42:52 you wrote: > > 2009/2/18 Daniel Benoy <dan...@benoy.name> > > > > > > If I were to get this I would gladly act as a beta tester. I could also > > > set it up on my network and give developers shell access, if that's > > > what's needed. > > > > > > However, my primary concern if it's actually open, or if it's filled with > > > super secret patented stuff or otherwise tries to lock me down. I'd need > > > to know that before I even considered it. > > > > I'm not an expert, but as others have pointed out, the G1 hardware is > > not "open". > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Openmoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > In the case of the developer version, what specifically is closed? >
I assume this is a reference to the possibility of binary blobs for drivers or any other non open-source code that is required to make it work. That being said, I would definitely buy the developer's phone over the locked down G1. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
