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Are there Android phones with Android 3 (Honeycomb) yet? Because the article talks only about Honeycomb, so I think it is simply incorrect... As for locking th

by Tichy 15y ago

Are there Android phones with Android 3 (Honeycomb) yet? Because the article talks only about Honeycomb, so I think it is simply incorrect... As for locking the devices, unfortunately "free" also means that device vendors are free to lock the devices. If you care, don't get such a device (my philosophy: stick to the Nexus line to be safe).

darklajid 15y ago
No, locking down stuff like that is not 'freedom' in his (and mine) book. Locking down a device so that the _owner_ of said device cannot mess with it as he likes after paying you is not related to freedom. It removes freedom.
- Tichy 15y ago
  Yes, but it is not Android doing the locking down, it is individual vendors. So Android is not to blame for that. Edit: so your complaint is that Android id not on the GPL? Or why the downvotes? Indeed, the GPL would be more free in a way, more restricted in another way.
  - pornel 15y ago
    > Indeed, the GPL would be more free in a way, more restricted in another way True, and RMS is concerned with freedom for end-users above freedom for phone vendors and network operators. GPL v3 with anti-tivoisation clauses seem to be exactly designed to disallow "malicious" firmware some Android phones have.
    - Tichy 15y ago
      Sure, but Google never claimed to be on the GPL.