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This should be mandatory for any product/software that becomes EOL with no exception.
by White_Wolf 4y ago
This should be mandatory for any product/software that becomes EOL with no exception.
- denton-scratch 4y agoStrikes me it's probably impossible. Cisco is presumably bound by all kinds of tech cross-licensing deals, and can't just open up schematics, source etc.
- b112 4y agoIf it was law, everyone, not just Cisco, would negotiate cross-licensing deals as such. As a result, there would be no way for people to license IP unless they allowed for open use after the fact. Beyond that, as an example, open apis (for drivers re:hardwwre) are not the same as giving full chip scematics. But! If the, for example, SoC stopped updating binary blobs, and things stopped working with newer kernels, as an example, then they'd have to 100% open up and provide sources. People get all rah-rah about the environment, but I throw away pounds and pounds of highly polluting electronics, just so someone can sell me another. This model need to stop.
- ticviking 4y agoIf we required it as a matter of law I hope that my property interest in the actual hardware combined with a statute outweighs those licensing deals.