Re: x15

[Aurélien DESBRIÈRES]

Kete <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2014-12-12 18:54, Olaf Buddenhagen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 06:10:26PM -0500, Kete wrote:
>>
>>> Smartphone users would benefit from this x15
>>
>> Why smartphones in particular?...
>>
>> -antrik-
>
> First, I want to repeat what RMS said about the modem that makes the
> actual telephone calls. There is no free software for this, and it
> would require reverse engineering.
>
> Aside from that, smartphones need microkernels for many reasons.
>
> * much less code taking up crucial space on the device
> * Things that should be in user mode are highly vulnerable in the
> Android kernel space.
> * Android Linux upgrades take a long time to download.
> * Hardware vendors do not run their drivers through the Linux
> community, so current drivers do not get updated for subsequent
> kernels.
> * Vulnerabilities are much easier to spot and patch in 100,000 lines
> of code than 14,000,000.
>
>

"There is no free software for this, and it would require reverse
engineering"

In USA, yes.

In France, no, it does not require reverse engeniring but the respect of
the law L. 331-5

Extrait de l'article L. 331-5 du code de la propriété intellectuelle :

    Les mesures techniques ne doivent pas avoir pour effet d'empêcher la
    mise en œuvre effective de l'interopérabilité, dans le respect du
    droit d'auteur. Les fournisseurs de mesures techniques donnent
    l'accès aux informations essentielles à l'interopérabilité dans les
    conditions définies aux articles L. 331-6 et L. 331-7.

"interopérabilité" the fact that it can run on every things.

Or that point is not respected so could not be sold in Europe since
French law and European one goes together.



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