Thread: What to get to replace my N900?
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2020-12-08 , 03:50
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Originally Posted by jonwil View Post
I need a phone (Android, Linux or otherwise) that is in compliance with the GPL and all the other software licenses they need to comply with (I refuse to give my money to anyone who is knowingly profiting off copyright violations by not releasing the GPL'd kernel source or releasing incomplete or incorrect source)
In that case, you're screwed.

I don't think any device on the market fulfills that requirement. Maybe the Librem5. However, I suspect its modem firmware is a bust, since it's allowed by the FCC in the US. I'd assume it's either completely proprietary or violates GPL. ;-P

The Pinephone is a no-go, as it uses Allwinner A64. The modem firmware is also an absolute nightmare.

EDIT: I think all the relevant stuff for the A64 has been reverse-engineered by community, but the upstream vendor for the SoC itself vioates GPL. Pine64 chose the A64 becuse it's cheap and has good mainline kernel support, thus Allwinner's evils are largely irrelevant.
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