U.S. Copyright Office Declares Jailbreaking Legal

Here‚Äôs the ruling itself, but in the long run, it may not make a bunch of difference. The law basically makes it okay for you to jailbreak your iPhone or root your Android/WebOS device. Now the exception allows for you to install legally obtained software, not legally obtained software. Not that any of you guys would ever do something like that. On another note, language regarding unlocking your phone to work on another network has been expended from firmware to “firmware and software”