06-13-2013, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by wparsons
As much as you think you get it, you really don't get what open source means.
iOS is open source, the iDevices don't support open source firmware. BMW could easily develop their own version of iOS, but don't expect any unhacked devices to be able to run it.
Software is open source, it doesn't mean anything about the hardware it runs on. Just look at windows vs linux. Linux is open source and runs on the same hardware as windows, which is the furthest thing from open source. Now look at a windows phone, same basic OS as the desktop, but you can't install linux on it. That doesn't make linux less open source, it makes the hardware more restrictive.
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You have no idea what is open source.
Hint:
Open source - source code- publicly avaliable- alter/collaborate and compile whatever flavour.
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