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platforms · 02-12-2023, 17:18

Why doesn’t such a product exist yet?

qwertz98 · 02-28-2023, 18:25

There are GSM products that (started as...) open source software, most important one may be Osmocom's full GSM stack.
As for more Toolbox-oriented devices, those are often a (rather whacky...) collection of either stolen intellectual property of large manufacturers, other Devs, leaked stuff etc. making it quite hard to play the rules right in terms of settign up a real repo with licence and attracting devs. Gray area market just seems to work out too well for most teams.

But I agree on the disappointment of yours to this fact...

Nishith · 03-13-2023, 06:43

OpenSource GSM Product = Free Public Give away of the solution and killing of the small repair shops/pricing.

It takes lots of efforts after reverse engineering the Firmware/Official Tools/etc. And none of this is legal!

Still, there were some generous developers, who posted their solutions openly for the learning purposes.

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qwertz98 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 1 Member: 2745944 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	There are GSM products that (started as...) open source software, most important one may be Osmocom's full GSM stack. As for more Toolbox-oriented devices, those are often a (rather whacky...) collection of either stolen intellectual property of large manufacturers, other Devs, leaked stuff etc. making it quite hard to play the rules right in terms of settign up a real repo with licence and attracting devs. Gray area market just seems to work out too well for most teams. But I agree on the disappointment of yours to this fact...

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Nishith No Life Poster Join Date: May 2012 Location: BHARAT Posts: 1,571 Member: 1766148 Status: Offline Sonork: 100.1614494 Thanks Meter: 490	OpenSource GSM Product = Free Public Give away of the solution and killing of the small repair shops/pricing. It takes lots of efforts after reverse engineering the Firmware/Official Tools/etc. And none of this is legal! Still, there were some generous developers, who posted their solutions openly for the learning purposes.