open-source gsm

[Robin Paulson]

for the non-slashdot readers:

harald welte, a previous contributor here, has set up an open-source
gsm network at a hack fest in the netherlands. all legal

more details here:

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/08/17/0014235/Open-Source-GSM-Network-At-Dutch-Hacker-Convention?art_pos=4

no mention i can see of whether the modem runs open firmware or not,
but we can live in hope