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For those who don't know, KaiOS is a closed-source proprietary fork of Mozilla's abandoned FirefoxOS for mobile devices. It's become extremely popular for low-e
by ForHackernews 7y ago
For those who don't know, KaiOS is a closed-source proprietary fork of Mozilla's abandoned FirefoxOS for mobile devices. It's become extremely popular for low-end feature phones in the developing world.
https://www.androidauthority.com/kaios-phone-review-979286/ https://www.androidauthority.com/kaios-phone-review-979286/
- butz 7y agoNot sure about closed source part: https://github.com/kaiostech https://github.com/kaiostech
- ryukafalz 7y agoUnless I’m missing something, none of KaiOS’s UI is there. I see Gecko, the kernel, some hardware enablement bits, and sample apps.
- SirLotsaLocks 7y agoit's partially open source, so you don't get the stuff you mentioned.
- jsjddbbwj 7y agoHow can it be closed source? What licence was FirefoxOS originally released as? Or you mean that they added new bits to it and kept them closed source? In that case, what's their rationale?
- ForHackernews 7y agoI think FirefoxOS was under the MPL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Public_License > As such, it allows re-licensing. MPL software can thus be converted into a copyleft license such as the GPL, or to a proprietary license (example:KaiOS).