[Tinkerphones] Necunos: NC_1 Shipping Update

[Paul Boddie]

Well, after previously making remarks about original design manufacturers (or 
whatever ODM is supposed to stand for), here is today's news from the Necunos 
initiative:

"Now, we have faced yet another obstacle regarding the freedom of software. 
One of our critical partners has backed down from the release of the whole 
source code to everyone. This puts us in a situation, where our only option is 
to rewrite this particular part of Board Support Package ourselves to ensure 
complete transparency and openness."

https://necunos.com/news/shipping-news/

I suppose it is a good thing that Necunos realises that withholding the source 
code from customers would most likely infringe the copyright of the 
developers. But it is unfortunate that people keep having to learn the lesson 
of relying on untrustworthy entities that don't respect copyright licences.

Paul