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> John Deere tractors run on open source software Out of curiosity, what range of open source licenses appear in the code base? Do they use any software whose
by femto 10y ago
> John Deere tractors run on open source software
Out of curiosity, what range of open source licenses appear in the code base? Do they use any software whose license requires source distribution? If so, are you aware of a "source code" page buried in John Deere's website, or some other mechanism by which they satisfy any distribution clauses?
- throwaway_jddev 10y agoI couldn't possibly comment. This would be close to me breaking NDA ground here, so sorry about that. I know that the legal department took software licensing very seriously and we had a narrow range of licenses we could use.
- mholt 10y agoNDA on open source libraries? Don't those licenses usually require attribution at the very least? Where can we find the license file? Surely JD is complying with license requirements, which would require disclosing the libs used...
- Pxl_Buzzard 10y agoI don't think it's fair to assume an ex-employee knows the details of the software licenses or where to find them. If he knows more concrete details (like a link to the license file) I imagine he would share, but otherwise invoking NDA is a safety measure to avoid sharing potentially incorrect/outdated info.
- tobltobs 10y agoInstead of now even hiding behind some lame excuses like NDAs, how about answering the most asked question: How does replacing hardware parts does risk lives? Why is the situation different for JD than for eg. car manufacturers?
- blobman 10y agohttps://github.com/JohnDeere https://github.com/JohnDeere