Hardware and software needs a hard separation honestly. I think that firmware shouldn't ever be bound by license, meanwhile software should be bound by it but

Hardware and software needs a hard separation honestly. I think that firmware shouldn't ever be bound by license, meanwhile software should be bound by it but mandated to be updatable/replacable by user - even with custom one. Then let manufacturers pick where they set the boundary - do they add extra complexity of updating and replacing software to the component? or do they go for licenseless firmware?