an open phone from nokia ?

[Shachar Shemesh]

Lior Kaplan wrote:
> 2009/8/29 Erez D <erez0001 at gmail.com>:
>   
>> nokia is realeasing the N900 smartphone. which is using maemo (linux) as
>> it's os.
>>
>> will this be a de-facto open phone, or could nokia keep it closed ?
>>     
>
> The GSM part can't be open as that's an FCC requirements. Open Moko
> has the same issue.
>   
The question remains, will it prevent me from compiling my own kernel? 
In the Neo, the GSM is a completely different unit, and therefor does 
not require proprietary drivers in the kernel.

Shachar

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