Robin Getz a écrit :
On Thu 2 Jul 2009 09:56, Richard Stallman pondered:
This clause is not an exception to the requirement for installation information. Cell phones must offer installation information just like other User Products.
Right - but the cell phone provider should have the ability to alter the state of the device (not allow the radio to be turned on), so it can't "adversely affects the operation of the network" - shouldn't they?
Or is this where one person's freedom (the ability to modify their phone, and turn it into a jamming device), is more important than the freedom of everyone else to actually use their phones on the same network. (Which actually - wouldn't be a completely bad idea - when I have been standing near someone talking too loud into their phone in a public place, I often wish for a jam the network app on my phone :)
An operator can only deny the access to his network. It can't *legaly* modify the user device without the user agreement. A user is *technically* free to modify a device to do what he want. But it can't *legaly* emit a signal not in conformance to the relevant regulations. There is a lot of them in the case of the a GSM/3G device: http://www.3gpp.mobi/specifications
Jean-Christian de Rivaz