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World's First Voice Call From a Free GSM Stack

Posted by timothy on from the but-it-takes-more-than-a-pdf-exploit dept.

zycx writes "As Dieter Spaar has pointed out in a mailing list post on the OsmocomBB developer list, he has managed to get a first alpha version of TCH (Traffic Channel) code released, supporting the FR and EFR GSM codecs. What this means, in human readable language: He can actually make voice calls from a mobile phone that runs the Free Software OsmocomBB GSM stack on its baseband processor. This is a major milestone in the history of the project."

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  1. Congrats!! by udippel · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not only Free and Open Source Software, you also beat a lefthanded iPhone hands down with TWENTY minutes of call time!

  2. GPL IS *NOT* "FREE SOFTWARE" !!! by AlexLibman · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's licensed under a copyLEFT, restrictive software license that places many limits on who can use it, where, and how. Only copy FREE and "public domain" software can logically be considered "free as in freedom"!