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We routinely grab a highly complex operating-system kernel for free, build it repeatably from source, and deploy it on machines. It's called Linux. Kernels are
by Karrot_Kream 8y ago
We routinely grab a highly complex operating-system kernel for free, build it repeatably from source, and deploy it on machines. It's called Linux.
Kernels are extremely complex software blobs with crazy race conditions, and tons of device-specific hacks. Somehow the world goes on with Linux going open source. Nobody is claiming that a single person will bang out a USB 3.1 block, but building up these "IP"s over time through the community would be a huge first step.