[GTALUG] BlackBerry Priv

[Loui Chang]

On Wed 21 Oct 2015 19:13 -0400, Anthony de Boer wrote:
> Clifford Ilkay wrote:
> > From <http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/21/blackberry-android-security/>:
> > 
> > "BlackBerry also "hardened" the Linux kernel with various top-secret 
> > patches"
> > 
> > How can they have "top-secret patches" to the Linux kernel and comply 
> > with the terms of the GPL?
> 
> You only have to give source away to those who get binaries.  I wonder
> if it'd be technical compliance if the kernel and a source archive are
> both in a user-inaccessible part of the phone's filesystem.  :-\
> 
> The Android community is already infamous for tardy GPL compliance,
> though.

Maybe it's something like the nvidia blob, in the setup the user will
explicitly enable it, then it's on them.