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Originally Posted by jsa View Post
What I'm wondering about is how much the "hackability" will be affected by this DRM scheme. Example: Some bluetooth profiles are missing out of the box in Maemo 6 like now and would require some hacking to make them work. Could I do this hacking with root access in the "open mode" and then boot back to the "drm-mode" to be able to run my DRM'd applications or games or voice-guided nav with Nokia Maps _and_ have the bluetooth profiles work or would I have to boot back to the "open mode" every time I wanted to use the profiles?

Another example could be something like plugging in accessories or peripherals that won't work out of the box and would require for example driver installation or configuration. In a case like this, am I able to do the driver installation/configuration in "open mode" and have these still work in the "drm-mode"? Or will it be an either-or situation?
Yeah I'm aftraid of this too. I was hoping N900 and up will be more open and more hackable on the lower level (kernel, bootloader). This indeed looks like signed bootloader loading signed kernel with disabled (or signed?) kernel modules. So most probably no extra kernel drivers or otherwise you would be able to load anything into kernel and disable DRM in one way or another.

I am also worried that such locked down design will be used as excuse for not having some features available (no time for coding them because of priorities and extra DRM complications) or for not having source code available. It mayalso affect various design choices (choice of bootloader etc) so even people using only open mode will feel the limitations being present.
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