Hello David,
Am 2008-11-07 08:35:16, schrieb David Bremner:
> At Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:27:13 +0100,
> Michelle Konzack wrote:
>
> > And as I
> > have already written, I do not know HOW OpenMoko will solv this problem,
> > but FreeRunner/OpenMoko or PurpleMagic are not allowd to run in Europe
> > with Open Source GSM-Firmware. And of course, PurpleMagic has never
> > respond to my three E-Mails and one Letter. (they are in France)
>
> I spent 5 minutes reading the OpenMoko wiki and mailing lists, and it
> seems to me that they do not have open source firmware for the GSM
> modem. The reasons given (essentially the fragility of the GSM
> network) more or less agree with what you write. If this is what you
> meant to write, it was not successfully communicated to me.
Sorry, I am not nativ english spaker...
And yes is is what I have meant...
And there are several 100 cases where in general the projects are 100%
open, but for some security reasons there are major parts NOT OPEN and
since such software/firmware is the KEY of the device, it is useless
without the blob.
Maybe Debian should allow (very exceptionel) such sensible software to
ship in main together with the Main-Software...
My Hardware is no exception...
The Debian non-free firmware case affect several 100 products worldwide
and since every month they are mor hardware running GNU/Linux on it...
GSM is becoming cheaper and for example here in France if you wan to get
an appartment it is limited to one year in many cases and you mas renew
it each jear... Here installing ADSL cos every time you change the
location 50 Euro Extra... You have to wait 2-6 weeks to get ADSL and
much more problems...
The only solution is GSM/UMTS.
Now, if non-free is not on the CD/DVD or the firmware is not shiped with
main you are unable to install Debian on a TablePC or such because you
can not access the internet...
This situation is realy shit!
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
24V Electronic Engineer
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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