A recently closed lawsuit in Germany is the latest in a long-running trend of hardware makers using GPL source code, but not fairly providing it back.
  • boredsquirrel
    12•15 days ago

    Fuck AVM. They have a monopoly on routers with their ugly proprietary system. You cannot even buy modems for normal prices here

    • EpheraEnglish
      16•15 days ago

      Hmm, I don’t think that’s quite the same. The developer simply wasn’t able to compile the source code, which is a pretty clear requirement in the LGPL 2.1:

      For an executable, the required form of the “work that uses the Library” must include any data and utility programs needed for reproducing the executable from it.

      • @[email protected]
        7•15 days ago

        The posted link does not appear to contain the same statement as what I read from the SFC:

        Steck’s work showed that despite being a “Lesser” license than GPL, LGPLv2.1 still guarantees users the right to repair, modify and reinstall modified versions of the software on their device.

        This is why I believed that the lack of an anti-tivoization clause was being somehow retroactively applied to v2.