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I was skeptical. Type "router firmware" into google news. Many articles about firmware lockdown

• LukeB_UK 11y ago
  Free router firmware and free software aren't the same.
  • retrogradeorbit 11y ago
    Although I would note firmware is software. But yes, they are not banning Free Software. This is more an issue with making the routers into treacherous computing platforms [1]. [1] https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/drm.html https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/drm.html
  • lolidaisuki 11y ago
    The radio firmware is usually included in the OS. Thus if you want to change the OS on a router, phone, tablet, whatever else and that is the case you won't be able to do it at all.