Nickname: Danixdefcon5

Review: Actually, IIRC, you can add propietary, closed-source extensions to the open-sourced kernel. Been so for winmodem drivers. Not sure how it works though. But they do get to keep that section as closed source. It is kind of hard to compile that stuff into the kernel, but then, Motorola would be doing it for its phones. No problems with that.

Date reviewed: Nov 18, 2005 4:51 AM

Nickname: cma

Review: Wol is wrong, since you can add proprietary extensions to Linux if they are user- space only, and do not use GPL libraries (and only LGPL, as the C library for instance). Anyway, the presence of Linux in the mobile market is good news for end users, in term of cost and reliable applications.

Date reviewed: Nov 10, 2005 10:32 AM

Nickname: Wol

Review: We're not going to get proprietary extensions to Linux. Let's say Motorola adds something. All Nokia has to do is buy a Motorola phone, and Motorola is legally obliged to hand over its extension to Nokia, for Nokia to copy. That's the way the GPL works.

Date reviewed: Nov 9, 2005 8:56 AM

Nickname: kaafree

Review: I wonder why PalmSource/Access was not mentioned in the article at all.

Date reviewed: Nov 9, 2005 3:51 AM