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I don't think a downvote is necessary :) It seems as though you're coming down on Android pretty hard. On my laptop I can't get my Broadcom wireless card to wo
by kondor6c 14y ago
I don't think a downvote is necessary :)
It seems as though you're coming down on Android pretty hard. On my laptop I can't get my Broadcom wireless card to work without binaries. I also can't get my NVIDIA graphics card working either. Is that the fault of Debian? Does that make Debian any less open? It's more the fault of the hardware provider.
I don't think that Android takes away from Debian at all. I think the open-ness lies in the licensing. For example, is qmail open source?
- kgarten 14y agoHere the problem ... Google partners with handset manufacturers and markets Android as open / open-source. For me the core functionalities of a smart phone are to call smb., mail, maps and installing 3rd party apps. All four are NOT open-source in any definition (3g modem, gmail, google maps and play). No Debian is not at fault there, yet the debian community does not have direct links and influence on hardware manufacturers. Imagine a Debian, where the most of it is open source (after some time), yet the core functionalities you use daily are all closed source. Is it still open-source? :)