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Comment by aboardRat4

12 hours ago

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-...

DMCA and other anti-circumvention regulations.

That was a good read. But I still thought anyone can take graphene os and put it in a phone and sell it? Maybe there is specific licensing restrictions in the android license that stop this.

  • It's a two-step issue. Manufacturers lock the bootloader and don't provide a method through them to unlock it, therefore making bypassing that "digital lock" in violation of the DMCA.