On 08.02.2014 14:08, Albert Dengg wrote:
Hi,
Tobias Platen tobias@platen-software.de wrote: ...
The source code is incomplete, so you can't build your own kernel
Without beeing able to check, as i don't have a fairphone: Do they actually ship the module that fails to build in the binary image?
Also: have you contacted them? While still a violation, there is always a difference between a mistake (and fixing it) or doing it on purpose.... Regards, Albert _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@fsfeurope.org https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
I wrote a complaint, but I dont think that fairphone will be able to change the situation. I also found some leaked source code at http://bit.ly/1dxkUtu that carries a proprietery license. Some other developers also state that the kernel source code is incomplete.
It may be possible that the ODM Changhong has signed an NDA with Mediatek (I don't know) and is unable to release the source code of the chipset. That practice is common among Chinese ODMs, therefore Rhombus-Tech created their own design from scratch.
Tobias Platen