If the cell phone operator's "rule" says that operating of a modified device should not effect non-modified devices in close proximity (jamming - which I think meets the "materially and adversely affects the operation of the network" statement)
It makes no difference, because the text in GPLv3 says nothing about this. It does not say that the network operator power gets all power he might "need" to enforce whatever rules he may make. It only recognizes that he is allowed to deny access to use his own network. Right - but the cell phone provider should have the ability to alter the state of the device (not allow the radio to be turned on), so it can't "adversely affects the operation of the network" - shouldn't they? No, they should not have such power. And in fact they do not have such power, with phones not tied to one provider. It is impossible to stop people from making radio jammers, so it is pointless to go to excess just to block one of the many possible methods. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot