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Mobile Linux is not about free software

linuxdevices.com — This article posits six causes for Linux's meteoric rise in popularity among handset manufacturers. The author discounts widely accepted truisms like customizability and developer preference for source code access, instead fingering pragmatic factors he says are unrelated to Linux's "free" qualities.

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  • schestowitz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Yes, it's versatility, not cost (the headline is very ambiguous BTW).

    There are those who build a closed stack, but.......... It's not just about freedom; it funds the kernel's development --- a kernel which we all share because it goes upstream, so to speak. For that reason, even Bad Ellison is a friend, not a foe. Anything that attaches strings to the GNU toolchain and the kernel makes it impossible to extinguish. Ask the US government how it feels about Microsoft wishing to 'collect' royalties...

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