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> When it is run on your router, they (vendor) shall give you the source code, but may not allow you to modify it. not at all true.. not being able to easily m
by cat199 10y ago
> When it is run on your router, they (vendor) shall give you the source code, but may not allow you to modify it.
not at all true..
not being able to easily modify the binaries on your router is not the same as modifying the code which they distributed to you..
it is a license for the source code - not the runtime application of the source code.
- pksadiq 10y ago> not at all true.. not being able to easily modify the binaries on your router is not the same as modifying the code which they distributed to you.. > it is a license for the source code - not the runtime application of the source code. That is a fundamental difference between "open source" and "free software". See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html, specifically the explanation of freedom 1.