20 Mar
2014
20 Mar
'14
4:22 p.m.
Russell Coker wrote:
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While locked down phones aren't appreciated by many Debian Developers we have no policy that prevents such things, and under Debian rules no DD can do anything about that.
While actively supporting phone vendors in restricting their customers isn't a desirable thing (IMHO and probably most DDs agree) it's not unreasonable for a company to want to do this to make money.
In the video, the issue of filesystem access, seemed to be more about the requirements of 'warranty insurance' ; than patentable devices ? regards Rohan McLeod