Comment by immibis
1 year ago
Once they give you the device, they're legally required to give you the source code. Most manufacturers don't, but you can sue them and win.
1 year ago
Once they give you the device, they're legally required to give you the source code. Most manufacturers don't, but you can sue them and win.
Most of AOSP is Apache 2.0 licensed (permissive, not copyleft)
I believe the device tree stuff is GPL due to the kernel. Might be mistaken though.
A device tree is probably counted as data, so not copyrightable. I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. But there's plenty else that is GPL, and in AVM vs Sebastian Steck, it seems that even LGPLv2 requires the manufacturer to give you all the stuff you need to install a modified version of the software, i.e. it seems that all GPL licenses imply anti-tivoization.
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I think they're counting on that fight. Good luck, I look forward to seeing the gofundme...
This is more an opportunity for the EU to suddenly play harder ball than expected.