[Replicant] OT: Open source GSM board

[Brian Kemp]

On 10/28/2016 07:33 AM, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Op 28-10-16 om 12:29 schreef Bob Ham:
>> On Fri, 2016-10-28 at 11:45 +0200, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>>
>>>  Those people
>>>  have working GSM firmware what compiles using GCC, without blobs
>>
>> Unfortuantely, that firmware isn't legal to use in most jurisdictions.
>> The source code came from a leak and carries a proprietary license.  The
>> people distributing it are violating copyright law.
> 
> You are right. But phones with Replicant are using a modem with closed
> source firmware. Both is "bad".
> 
> It's really difficult to create FOSS GSM firmware without examples,
> Michaela is bringing us examples. What Snowden did is very illigal too,
> but his information is very interesting.

I suspect they will have to use the "Chinese Wall" method, like Compaq
did to clone the original IBM BIOS:

Make a specification based upon what the leaked code does.

Have people who have never seen the leaked code write a separate
implementation based entirely on the specification.

That will be legal, at least in the US.

It's time-consuming and requires people.

--BK

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