Re: [Bitpim-devel] vx4500 phone

[Roger B. <ro...@ro...>]

> If I can get you a vx4500 phone to use for development
> will you be able to do anything without activating the
> phone.  I talked to verizon and they tell me that the
> only way to activate this phone is with a 1 or 2 year
> contract... prepay wont work.

I can easily work with a phone that isn't activated.
What I do is the ESN swaps online if I need it active
for any period.  I would recommend holding off for a
few weeks to see how well my BitFling work goes.

These are the terms and conditions I send anyone who
does want to supply a phone:

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Responsibilities:

 - No money will change hands
 - You will ship me a phone, some sort of charging mechanism
   and a cable
 - When you want the phone back, I will return it, with you
   paying the shipping and insurance
 - You understand that I may make the phone non-functional and
   I will not be responsible should that happen
 - Should the phone be lost or damaged through no wilful action
   on my behalf (for example fire, theft) then I will not be
   financially responsible for it
 - The phone, cable and other accessories remain your property
 - The phone will be capable of being activated on the Verizon
   network.  I may chose to do so, and will deactivate it
   before returning the phone to you if I do.
 - All code I write is under my copyright, and you have no rights
   to it at all.  It will become a standard part of the BitPim
   source and be under the same license as the rest of BitPim
 - I will endeavour to add phone support to BitPim as my schedule
   and other commitments allow.  I would expect that the next
   major release of BitPim would contain the support
 - Either side can cancel this arrangement at any time
 - I will be under no obligation to provide you or your customers
   with support

Branding:

 - Upon receipt of the phone and some initial investigation I will
   add some text to the "Other phones" section of the BitPim website
   http://bitpim.sourceforge.net/#otherphones

   It will be substantially similar to:

    <Model> support is also being added.  This is helped by <You>
    providing me with the phone and cable while I work on
    the code.  You can thank them for their support by <buying
    from website etc>

   Similar text will be in the online help section on the phone.

 - The text will remain part of the BitPim website and online help
   for a period of time at my discretion

Software:

 - I will not produce a special version of BitPim.  You will be
   able to download standard versions from the BitPim website.
   Any distribution of the standard version or a special version
   you may produce has to be within the terms of the GNU GPL
   License: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

   Please notice its requirements to do with distribution, fees
   and modified versions.

 - BitPim will not be limited to only working with your
   cable or phone, nor will there be a version that does so

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Roger