dd-wrt (alternative wifi router firmware) were one of the first to use such a development model. It did piss off a lot of open source developers -- including m

dd-wrt (alternative wifi router firmware) were one of the first to use such a development model. It did piss off a lot of open source developers -- including me at the time. A link from Slashdot, ca. 2004 https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/04/06/01/0640250/hacking-the-linksys-wrt54g https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/04/06/01/0640250/hacking...