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Wednesday, 2 July 2008

Bruce Perens Discusses Open Source on Mobiles

"A future of locked-down embedded devices wouldn't leave much room for Free Software to run, especially software other than applications, like the Linux kernel. Thus, the provisions in GPL3 that require a path to change the software in hardware are important. But how does one do DRM, SIM locking, and protect critical copyrighted property in that context?.."
Posted by Jutl at 07:19

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