On Tuesday 01 September 2009 10:56:07 DJDAS wrote: > Rui Miguel Silva Seabra ha scritto: > > I don't care if that code breaks the GPL or not, what I care is that > > is 2% too much proprietary software because it's 2% VERY IMPORTANT > > software. > > Even 2% of Freerunner code is proprietary (Calypso and Wifi and it's > VERY IMPORTANT too) why do we have to care if Nokia uses proprietary > drivers on the N900? ;)
There's a difference between closed firmware providing a standard protocol and a proprietary ASIC providing a closed-source binary driver using a proprietary command language to talk to the hardware. None of the Nxx tablets are fully functional with free software. The FreeRunner is. :M: _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community