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hieronymos · 11-27-2011, 02:33 PM

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Spoiler:

So without GPL, the thing wouldn't go beyond producing warmth (kernel). Then, if on, it wouldn't know what to do (uboot). Then, you wouldn't hear no sound at all (alsa). You couldn't store nor read anything on the SD card (ext). You couldn't turn on the wifi (atheros). Then, you probably couldn't connect to your wifi router (wpasupplicant).
If all that didn't exist - who cared about Android?
Multiple years of manpower all over the world went into the development, testing, and bug-filing for these components (and even a few hours of mine, filing a few bugs for alsa and atheros) and you can't just go on and pretend you did that all yourself.

A few examples of how it is supposed to be:
http://www.sourceforge.net/motorola/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200203720
http://htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads
or at least http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Term...uch/379003279/

compared to:
https://github.com/kobolabs/Kobo-Vox

It takes 5 minutes.

P.S.: Seriously? It already happened? https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94213

11-27-2011, 02:33 PM	#96
hieronymos Groupie Posts: 186 Karma: 45172 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	Full information: Spoiler: Package License ---------- ---------- kernel/imx GPL platform/bionic Apache2 platform/build Apache2 platform/bootable/recovery Apache2 platfomr/bootable/bootloader/uboot-imx GPL v2 platform/external/alsa-lib LGPL platform/external/alsa-utils GPL platform/external/dhcpcd Internet Systems Consortium (distributable) platform/external/e2fsprogs GPL platform/external/genext2fs GPL platform/external/linux-atheros-wifi GPL platform/external/linux-lib GPL v2 platform/external/ppp BSD platform/external/sqlite Apache2 platfomr/external/systemtap GPL platform/external/wpa_supplicant_ath GPL platform/external/wpa_supplicant GPL platform/external/bluetooth/bluez GPL platform/frameworks/base Apache2 platform/hardware/alsa_sound Apache2 platform/hardware/libhardware Apache2 platform/hardware/libhardware_legacy Apache2 platform/hardware/mx5x GPLv2, LGPL v2.1, Apache 2.0 platform/hardware/ril Apache2 platform/packages/apps/Camera Apache2 platform/packages/apps/fsl_imx_demo Apache2 platfomr/packages/apps/Gallery3D Apache2 platform/packages/apps/Music Apache2 platform/packages/apps/Settings Apache2 platform/packages/apps/SoundRecorder Apache2 platform/packages/providers/MediaProvider Apache2 platform/system/core Apache2 platform/system/extras Apache2 platform/system/vold Apache2 platform/system/wlan/atheros GPLv2 So without GPL, the thing wouldn't go beyond producing warmth (kernel). Then, if on, it wouldn't know what to do (uboot). Then, you wouldn't hear no sound at all (alsa). You couldn't store nor read anything on the SD card (ext). You couldn't turn on the wifi (atheros). Then, you probably couldn't connect to your wifi router (wpasupplicant). If all that didn't exist - who cared about Android? Multiple years of manpower all over the world went into the development, testing, and bug-filing for these components (and even a few hours of mine, filing a few bugs for alsa and atheros) and you can't just go on and pretend you did that all yourself. A few examples of how it is supposed to be: http://www.sourceforge.net/motorola/ http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200203720 http://htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads or at least http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Term...uch/379003279/ compared to: https://github.com/kobolabs/Kobo-Vox It takes 5 minutes. P.S.: Seriously? It already happened? https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94213 Last edited by hieronymos; 11-28-2011 at 08:27 AM.