On 10/31/2013 02:56 PM, ken wrote: > On 10/31/2013 02:02 PM Beco wrote: >> On 31 October 2013 13:12, ken <geb...@mousecar.com >> <mailto:geb...@mousecar.com>> wrote: >> >> >> Alex, >> >> As you can see (from this long conversation), there are a variety of >> interpretations of what "free" means and its value to the end user. >> Getting back to your original concerns, here are some observations >> I've made about android which indicate to me that it's not free. >> >> When you buy a phone with android on it, you don't have root access >> to the system. You're just a regular user. Yes, you can root the >> phone, but then you invalidate the warrantee, from what I >> understand, both the software and hardware warrantees. So if >> something fails on your phone, the company whom you bought it from >> won't provide support. If something breaks (whether it's software >> or hardware), you're on your own. There are some android-specific >> lists which could be helpful. >> >> [cut]
I may be wrong, but I seem to remember seeing somewhere recently that it is illegal in the United States to jailbreak a phone. (I don't know how they'd catch you, or what the penalty would be.) --doug -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5272b4c3.40...@optonline.net
