First small steps toward free GSM firmware

Timo Juhani Lindfors timo.lindfors at iki.fi
Wed Oct 16 19:31:32 CEST 2013


Balint Szente <balint at szentedwg.ro> writes:
> Isn't the situation the same with osmocombb as well?
>
> Based on what is written here:
> <http://bb.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/LegalAspects#Usingmodifiedphonesoncarriernetworks>
> can osmocombb considered free software in FSF's or OSI's definition?
> What is not clear for me is that can a software be FSF/OSI "free" but
> illegal to use?

Afaik you can use it legally if you connect it directly to your own base
station.






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