Re: ANDROID (back to the OQ)
ken writes:
> ...you bought it, it's yours, so you can do what you want with it,
> including jailbreaking it.
This is true, but if the manufacturer has used "anti-circumvention
technology" to protect the firmware you might be violating the DMCA
anti-circumvention provisions. You would not be prosecuted even if you
were caught doing just your own phone, but this limits the availability
of the stuff you need to do this.
It occurs to me that if what you do is *blindly delete* the existing
firmware by overwriting it with new stuff you probably are not violating
the anti-circumvention provisions as they are about gaining access to
work protected by copyright.
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John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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