A crowdfunding campaign to build a free baseband

[Josh Branning]

@SpaceFalcon

I'm not saying I agree with the law in this instance, on the contrary, I 
think patents and copyright last far too long (almost to the point in 
thinking they should probably be abolished entirely, [especially as here 
it costs roughly $25000 to process a patent, {a system for the rich 
indeed}]) ... It's just there are many people in high places that think 
otherwise, that patents and copyright should last into eternity, and 
those people can have prison cells waiting for anyone who so happens to 
disagree.

What I'm saying is that using uncertified baseband software and breaking 
copyright law are probably two offences, and history shows, they will 
stack the charges given the opportunity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

When firmware is complete, it may also be possible to get the software 
certified with the regulators somehow, perhaps commercially (, perhaps 
they may even let people modify their own devices and run them on the 
networks [chance would be a fine thing]), but I doubt they would certify 
any software/device that was in slightest bit illegal. I'm not a fan of 
the airwave regulators, I would just like to maintain my freedom, and 
that means not breaking the law where possible.

If you replaced the possibly illegal, leaked parts of the software, or 
even better; got written permission from the original copyright holders 
to use the sources, I would probably donate. (Maybe if you explained 
that the source code was already available to download in several places 
to them and is very old and then asked very nicely they would agree to 
let you use it?)

P.S.

I was looking at the code to see if it were possible to make a p2p 
walkie-talkie from a phone (seems it) but decided not to [yet] invest 
any effort [aside from getting a C139], because I knew distributing the 
driver code were not legally sound.

I can't quite wrap my head around the osmocombb drivers, and would find 
the radio drivers in the dumbphone sources easier to work with.