oh micheal. You are saying that Android is not an open source?I am confussed. Forgive me if i am wrong..
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Michael Blizek < mic...@michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com> wrote: > Hi! > > On 23:46 Sat 10 Oct , Niamathullah sharief wrote: > > Hi friends, > > I want to learn about Mobile operating systems. So i started with > > android. May i know what are all the Other Open Source Mobile Free > Operating > > System available? > > Android is neither an operating system nor open. It is a GUI sitting on top > of > the linux kernel. It is completely locked down. If you want to get your > hands on > the system, you either have to crack it almost like a game console or buy > the > "development" version. In both cases, you will loose the ability to run > copy- > protected software (see http://lwn.net/Articles/321659/). I do not know > how > anybody can call anything which has copy-protection built in "open" in the > first place. > > If you want to see a community developed open software stack for mobile > phones, > look at www.openmoko.org . > > -Michi > -- > programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks > see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com > >
