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2011-09-14
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3.2 Limit what can be installed on the device• AT&T variant needs to stay AT&T variant
Enable new services
4.1 Allow services such as Music store or App Store and support copy protection
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2011-09-14
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2011-09-14
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Referring to Stallman here is a bit irrelevant, since I believe he doesn't use any mobile communications device out of paranoia.
As long as the security features can be disabled (along with losing access to the data that was intended to be secured by the system). IOW, if subscription to some media is only licensed with DRM intact, disabling the system should result in no access to the DRM content. While some may consider this "preventing legitimate data exchange", if the user is aware of the licensing terms and impact, they have agreed that it is not legitimate.
IMHO, Maemo was too open. I wouldn't want to see what would have happened if Maemo 5 became as popular as Android, with 100 000 apps and 5000 trojans ...
If you want to achieve mass market adoption, you need to protect users from themselves ...
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2011-09-14
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Referring to Stallman here is a bit irrelevant, since I believe he doesn't use any mobile communications device out of paranoia.
As long as the security features can be disabled (along with losing access to the data that was intended to be secured by the system). IOW, if subscription to some media is only licensed with DRM intact, disabling the system should result in no access to the DRM content. While some may consider this "preventing legitimate data exchange", if the user is aware of the licensing terms and impact, they have agreed that it is not legitimate.
IMHO, Maemo was too open. I wouldn't want to see what would have happened if Maemo 5 became as popular as Android, with 100 000 apps and 5000 trojans ...
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2011-09-14
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I see nothing wrong with this technically. If you don't like subsidy locks/network locks, you should address this via non-technical means (e.g. consumer protection agency or similar) or live in a Free country :-p
If you don't like copy protection, don't buy copy-protected media. But, not supporting this would probably mean no adoption by non-technical users who don't care about DRM etc., but will "Can I get music from XXX on this phone".
If you want to see N9 be successful to consumers (and not just open source enthusiasts), software developers in the "ecosystem" need to have some reassurance that their development time will be recovered by sales (and not mass piracy).
If you don't like proprietary software ... well the answers are obvious (and have been relatively successful for N900, but it's not a mainstream device/platform is it).
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2011-09-14
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2011-09-14
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The most obvious implication of the diagram from the presentation I've posted is that it is not possible to effectivly use kernel that is not signed by nokia.
Even the bootloader is verified.
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2011-09-15
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2011-09-15
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As the video pointed out at the end... they already decided not to trust you. So, if they don't trust you, why should you trust them?
If Nokia releases the N9 with platform security enabled, it is guaranteed that an open kernel with platform security disabled will be made immediately available. Almost as surely, any power users and developers wishing to use their devices fully will immediately replace the stock kernel with the community kernel. This seems completely out of character for an open-source project, forcing a major fork at release time!
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IMHO, Maemo was too open. I wouldn't want to see what would have happened if Maemo 5 became as popular as Android, with 100 000 apps and 5000 trojans ...
If you want to achieve mass market adoption, you need to protect users from themselves ...