> or for things like phones sold on installment plans with a vendor lock would let folks pick up the phone on plan, root it to avoid vendor lock and then stop p

> or for things like phones sold on installment plans with a vendor lock would let folks pick up the phone on plan, root it to avoid vendor lock and then stop paying on phone The solution is simple: develop your own OS, make it bulletproof, then do whatever you want. Nobody will ask to open source code of Symbian device, because it's not a GPL'ed OS.