They don't even have to open all the source, just provide a way to reflash it, and some basic hardware info. Enthusiasts will map out the hardware and have Linux running on it in no time. So much of stuff is off-the-shelf SOCs that there's little that's not already documented. I assume a big barrier to "just open-sourcing it" is use of third-party proprietary code that can't be easily opened without paying a big licensing fee.
They don't even have to open all the source, just provide a way to reflash it, and some basic hardware info. Enthusiasts will map out the hardware and have Linux running on it in no time. So much of stuff is off-the-shelf SOCs that there's little that's not already documented. I assume a big barrier to "just open-sourcing it" is use of third-party proprietary code that can't be easily opened without paying a big licensing fee.
100% It should almost be a law for this kind of stuff. If you decide to abandon hardware you are required to release enough info that it can be re-flashed "jailbroken" so that users can re-purpose it.
They claim to all be into keeping E-waste out of the landfill, this would serve that purpose 100x over.
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It should almost be a law for this kind of stuff. If you decide to abandon hardware you are required to release enough info that it can be re-flashed "jailbroken" so that users can re-purpose it.
They claim to all be into keeping E-waste out of the landfill, this would serve that purpose 100x over.
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