root almighty

[David Reyes Samblas Martinez]

in fact there is a lot of closed linux devices out there , for example
 routers,motorola phones, ebook reader... and those doesn't mean Linux
is closed,

2009/5/19 Warren Baird <wjbaird at alumni.uwaterloo.ca>:
> Can you point out exactly which criticism of Android on the wikipedia page
> you think makes Android not a 'free' option on the OM, and what part of the
> ars technica article you are talking about?   I've read through both and it
> isn't obvious to me.
>
> I certainly agree that Android running on a locked phone with all the
> restrictions associated with it is not 'free'.
>
> But I must say that I don't see why the Koolu implementation of Android
> running on the FR wouldn't qualify as free.   You've got the source under an
> open source license, you can run what ever free software you like on it.
> That smells like 'free' to me.
>
> I don't see how the fact that people can create 'non-free' android distros
> on other phones impacts whether the verson on the FR is free...
>
> Warren
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Juergen Schinker
> <ba1020 at homie.homelinux.net> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > rms wrote:
>> >>> Android is under the APL2, which has even less restriction than the
>> >>> GPL,
>> >> Only on a superficial level can that be true. It has less restrictions
>> >> than the
>> >> GPL because the later tries to make sure everyone has all the essencial
>> >> freedoms.
>> >>
>> >> APL2 (and similar licenses) mean that somewhere along the line YOU may
>> >> not
>> >> have
>> >> a Free Software phone on your hands, just another proprietary piece of
>> >> crap.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> Please read the Criticism on wikipedia about android
>>
>> and than this
>>
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2009/02/an-introduction-to-google-android-for-developers.ars
>>
>> and look at android not just as an working distro
>>
>> look at the concept of android and from what google lives
>>
>> and than really make up your mind and you will admit
>>
>> that android is not an option.
>>
>> J
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