Recall back in July of 2010 the US government ruled that jailbreaking and rooting were not a crime as long as the intention behind them is not circumventing copyright.

An organization called the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has issued a petition that anyone can sign the idea is to get enough objective opinions in favor of renewing the ruling. The EFF also wants to add tablets to the agreement.

The ruling is set to expire soon and unless renewed, jailbreaking and rooting of smartphones will become illegal once again.

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