Thread: Sailfish OS (officially) on Sony Xperia devices
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2017-10-10 , 14:03
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Originally Posted by pichlo View Post
There is a tiny difference in effort between doing it the free way (from a company that preaches freedom) and the way they have chosen but the difference between the outcomes, and the message they would thus broadcast to the community, would be huge.
I think I understand what you are saying (even though this post gives a very different impression to your previous post IMO).

However, I don't even think it's something new!

Unless I'm mistaken, you already need an account to use the Jolla store, and they have just re-used the same authentication method for this HW adaptation repo.

Also, remember that they aren't stopping you from downloading the open parts of SFOS + hw adaptation at all, and that this authentication is for people who are using the proprietary libraries...

...and once you're using the proprietary stuff you have no guarantee that you're not being tracked or otherwise bent over a barrel anyway.
 

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