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Re:We need a real GNU/Linux (not Android) smartphone ecosystem by atq2119 on Sunday October 06, 2024 @03:05AM (#41755353)
Isn't that precisely what the GPL is for? Are all these vendors violating the license?
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Re:We need a real GNU/Linux (not Android) smartphone ecosystem by transpute on Sunday October 06, 2024 @03:18AM (#41755392)
Possible, but sometimes vendor code isn't acceptable for upstream, even when public. Some vendors ship binaries with EULA restrictions to customers, who choose not to exercise their GPL rights.

A modern approach to working around the GPL is to move functions from open drivers to closed firmware.

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