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But you cannot ever the source code of kaiOS. Despite several enquiries, they told me that ask the device manufacturer as we are NOT legally needed to provide y
by omnifischer 8y ago
But you cannot ever the source code of kaiOS. Despite several enquiries, they told me that ask the device manufacturer as we are NOT legally needed to provide you source.
KaiOS is kind of open but not totally!
- pygy_ 8y agoThis actually respects the license. The person who provided you the binary (the phone vendor, not KaiOS) must provide you the source that corresponds to your program (not the git history). KaiOS must provide the source to the phone vendor on request off course. That being said, this is the minimalist interpretation of the license, and not what is commonly understood as open source (where the repo is available somewhere, at the very least).
- brazzledazzle 8y agoI wonder how difficult it is to get the source from the manufacturers. If it was trivial you'd think they'd avoid playing these games and just dump it as a tarball at the very least.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoYou just have to fill out the form in the disused lavatory next to the door marked "Beware of the leopard".
- fabrice_d 8y agoSee https://github.com/kaiostech https://github.com/kaiostech
- pygy_ 8y agoSo the repo is available! Thanks, I took @omnifischer at face value. Looking at the commit history, they keep on referencing bugs in a private tracker though (I know I'm moving the goal posts :-).