Kernel source released before the ‘Worldwide gadget launch’, GPL compliance anybody ?

As Sony Mobile, time as well as again, has shown their consistent support for us underground-developers community, numerous were skeptical as to exactly how long it will keep as much as it. While OEMs around the world go about breaking all GPLv2 and apache licences, extremely much like crime-lords on the loose, Sony has been doing the opposite by providing it’s all to the world broad designers community.

With a 5″ 1080p high resolution ~441 ppi pixel screen  , sitting atop a quad-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 pro with 2 gigs of RAM as well as a 13.1 MP camera, there is no question that anticipation is at the top for this infant in the consumer electronics segment, however much more so at XDA as well as the designers community.  However, who ever believed that the prayers will be responded to so soon ? In a extremely recent screen of awesomeness, Sony Mobile has released their full kernel source code of their show-stopper, the Xperia Z ! This has led numerous a designers to salivate their eyes as well as cry with joy, as they see the messiah among OEMs do what they have long desired. And, all this before the phone has even gone on sale world broad ! what a wonderful treat !

Sony has already shown us their commitment before, the most recent example being the kernel source release for their alpha Jellybean develop for Xperia T, sure Sony isnt the only one to be doing this type of stuff, however others who have done so, have done a awful work at it, by not releasing a full build-able kernel source. lessons learnt HTC as well as Samsung ? you like us, we like you back ten-fold.

So, if u wanna get your hand dirty, head over to the Sony Developer’s open source download site ! develop your own kernel, look at the awesome stuff they did on their end, anything you may be interested in. tell us about what you believe in the comments below !

 

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