exactly accurate respose/analysis.<br><br>Hank<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 14, 2007 4:18 AM, Shachar Shemesh <<a href="mailto:shachar@shemesh.biz">shachar@shemesh.biz</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Ian Darwin wrote:<br>><br>> Anything less will lead to this sort of frustration, over and over again.<br></div>It is not always possible.<br><br>The way I figured it out, the GSM module will always be closed. This is
<br>not due to the hardware specs being unknown, but due to the fact that<br>the law requires a transmitter to be approved by the FCC, and it is<br>impossible to get an approval for a transmitter that allows anyone to<br>
change the frequencies it transmits in. I understand what the FCC is<br>worried about (though I do not, necessarily agree with it. Anyone can<br>build an unauthorized transmitter, and writing code that says "you have
<br>copyright permission to modify this code, but you will have to get it<br>certified with FCC yourself before you are allowed to use it" does not,<br>in my eyes, reduce your freedom).<br><br>In other words, you will NEVER get a truly 100% open source cell phone
<br>as long as the FCC rules are as they are.<br><br>Regarding the GPS, please pay attention to the fact that the GTA-02 did<br>not "solve" this problem. It merely moved the non open source component<br>from the software to the firmware. This solves the "supporting
<br>libraries" problem, but does not allow openness. Here, at least, I<br>suspect that the reasons have less to do with an external certification<br>authority, and thus have more hopes for the future.<br><font color="#888888">
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