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Originally posted by UlisesH View PostHonest question, isn't it illegal to use the Linux kernel and only provide a propietary blob?
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Originally posted by andrei_me View PostI wonder how much work mainstream companies have making their phones.
Purism is working in 1 phone, although they have write a good amount of nonexistent software, it is taking them a lot of time.
Would it be wrong to say that Samsung might be working on Galaxy S12 already? So they can release it in the 2 years?
Two years is commonly cited as the development cycle for a smartphone for the big players with their large development teams.
Samsung will likely have finished the hardware specification for the Galaxy S11 about now, at which point their evaluation and development teams move on to the S12, while the hardware designers prepare the S11.
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Originally posted by UlisesH View PostHonest question, isn't it illegal to use the Linux kernel and only provide a propietary blob?
As for it being illegal, breaking a license agreement is grounds for a civil suit, not a criminal one. Thus it's not actually illegal, it's just breaking the terms of a (potentially*) legally binding contract and something you can be sued over in civil court.
*I say potentially as AFAIK the only open source license that's been found to be legally enforceable is the GPL, thou I'm not sure what version or if the ruling was on the enforceability of GPL in general.Last edited by L_A_G; 25 April 2019, 07:40 AM.
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