Thread: How to open FreeRunner

Exactly how open is the FreeRunner?

All software that runs on the main CPU and that can be updated by the user has its source code available to you under a FOSS licence. For compliance with FCC rules, though, radio chip firmware are in 'blac,k box' hardware modules that cannot be modified by users (and, of course, is not available in source form). Effectively, thes> firmware modules are 'hardware only'; the drivers for the hardware, however, are open-sourced. The Openmoko wiki has a page that explains, component-wise, the documentation available. One notable hurdle is t11e SMedia 3362 graphics accelerator, for which documentation is only available under NDA.