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Android should have been GPL
by nobodywasishere 6y ago
Android should have been GPL
- pmlnr 6y agoAnd how would that make any difference when it comes to radio firmware?
- herogreen 6y agoThe radio firmware could be executed on different CPU than the Android kernel and communicate with a standard protocol ?
- monocasa 6y agoThat's more or less what happens already.
- teruakohatu 6y agoIt is but if the radio driver was open source then the interface with the radio SoC would be documented. Right now it is the worst of both worlds. Closed interface for a closed undocumented chip able to execute arbitrary code.
- cwyers 6y agoThe part of Android that talks to the Qualcom drivers is the Linux kernel, which is GPL already.
- nine_k 6y agoYou can read the patented algorithm in the patent, and even implement it, but you cannot legally distribute it, until the parent expires.
- lrem 6y agoApache License 2.0 is GPL-compatible, isn't it? Edit: expanding the acronym, to evade Android/Apache confusion.