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Linksys got GPL'd when they released the WRT54G which spawned off OpenWRT, ddwrt, and friends. This blunder on their part sparked a boon of open source firmware
by Jalad 3y ago
Linksys got GPL'd when they released the WRT54G which spawned off OpenWRT, ddwrt, and friends. This blunder on their part sparked a boon of open source firmware development, which ultimately made the WRT54G very popular. Compatibility with open source firmware is a hard requirement for any new router purchases that I make
- thomastjeffery 3y agoSeveral years back, I put Tomato firmware on an old WRT54G when all my old 802.11N devices were constantly crashing. It was 100% worth the bandwidth downgrade. I practically never had to touch that router again. I hope to never buy a router without DD-WRT (or equivalent free software) support again.
- pabs3 3y agoThe GPL code release also only happened because of GPL enforcement, some of the history is written about here: https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/enforcement-strategy.html https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/enforcement-st...