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Originally Posted by siraloz
I have always wondered: Do the Windows Mobile ROMs available here violate any kind of copyright stuff? I know, Android is open source, but ...
Please enlighten...
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it is law that you are allowed to modify the operating system on your phone. That is why you can jailbreak an iPhone and in the process you actually flash a modified ROM onto your phone that comes pre-jailbroken, the trick is always bypassing the bootloader. Same thing with winmo, you already purchased the device and are essentially modifying the OS on it by flashing NRG, etc...
there is no real "development" in winmo that goes on as far as kernel work goes, the builds are leaked, and the chefs build around it. we never get source code. When I cooked Diamond ROMs I'd have to wait for a new 6.5.x build and then incorporate it into my kitchen and update all my EXTs and make sure everything would jive.
linux is a whole different animal since we operate from source, and we have to write custom drivers and libs and kernels etc...