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I am hopeful that some kind of “OpenWRT for TVs” will emerge. A lot (maybe most?) TVs seem to either ship Linux or be capable of running it
by jackweirdy 6y ago
I am hopeful that some kind of “OpenWRT for TVs” will emerge. A lot (maybe most?) TVs seem to either ship Linux or be capable of running it
- m463 6y agoUnfortunately they are probably GPL2, which RMS once said "and then I had to add freedom 0 to let you actually RUN the software" before coming out with GPL3.
- dehrmann 6y agoIf Linux went GPLv3, device makers would probably begrudgingly use VxWorks before dealing with the GPL.
- Arch-TK 6y agoWould it make much of a difference when those same device makers which it would affect normally lock down their devices completely and don't ever expose any of the functionality of the linux kernel to the end user? Would we miss out on a few patches for drivers?