If the author was serious about promoting the idea the article would be published in an open manner (not behind a pay wall). The concept is good, but good luck

If the author was serious about promoting the idea the article would be published in an open manner (not behind a pay wall). The concept is good, but good luck enforcing it with closed source software companies. Anyone that is really interested can already find that info for OS software but where it would really be useful is with closed source software. Where I personally would really love to see it implemented is with embedded devices. I've been recently hacking a not so old IP cam in my spare time. Hardware is great... It has 600mhz 32bit cpu with 64mb ram, hardware h264 (1080p 30fps close to real-time) encoding, bi-directional audio, WiFi, USB host, ptz, free gpio, Ethernet all for around $20 (indoor version) but software is abysmal. It runs Linux Kernel v3 (almost a decade old). Upon startup immediately starts streaming video/audio to a server in China while the mobile app requires you to "register" for an account with a phone number. The only way it can receive the video is from the Chinese server and it displays ads on 20% of its screen. Ridiculous. Thankfully it is pretty easy to hack, but what about all non technical people who buy it?