Thread: Closed Source Packages in Maemo
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Luke-Jr is offline Luke-Jr
2009-10-05 , 02:48
Posts: 53 | Thanked: 40 times | Joined on May 2009 @ Brooksville, Florida
#277
Originally Posted by ysss View Post
@Luke-Jr: free software drivers to what components now?

If you fabricate your own hardware components, then you'd be responsible for its own driver.

If you don't, then you'll have to negotiate for the drivers with the hardware providers.
If I buy the hardware, I have a right to use it. Nokia denies me those rights with the N810's GPS and battery charger. Providing me a broken (or even working) proprietary blob that can use the hardware is not equivalent to giving me the information required to use it myself.
 

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