Previous open source licenses focused on making sure that improvements to open source software were shared. There were created at a time when appliance and IoT

Previous open source licenses focused on making sure that improvements to open source software were shared. There were created at a time when appliance and IoT like devices did not exist. Many companies have been very supportive of the model, joined open source groups, and even taken an upstream first approach to open source projects. Open source projects provide an enormous asset to companies, and it's often in their best interest to see those projects thrive. But yes, companies are much less interested in people modifying software on devices they sell. It isn't smoke and mirrors, there are just different reasons that different individuals support open source software. And there's different licenses to suit different purposes.