[IP] Re: OpenMoko phone

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@killermarmot.com>
Date: October 2, 2007 8:57:59 AM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: "Mike O'Dell" <mo@ccr.org>
Subject: Re: [IP] OpenMoko phone


> From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo@ccr.org>

> it will be most interesting to see if
> the OpenMoko phone can get FCC type approval.
> without that, it isn't legal in the US.

The OpenMoko uses standard, off-the-shelf GSM hardware and software.   
There should be no problem getting it approved, it won't differ from  
any other phone in that regard.  The GSM stack is locked-away and  
proprietary, something the free software folks are not enthusiastic  
about - but they understand the need for it.

For the curious, we've done a couple of looks at that phone (shipped  
to us here in the US, incidentally...):

	http://lwn.net/Articles/247187/
	http://lwn.net/Articles/251519/  [ NOTE only viewable by paid  
subscribers ($5/month djf]

jon


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