pog
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join:2004-06-03
Kihei, HI
 ·Hawaiian Telcom
| Much ado...
...about nothing?
Maybe I'm just not getting it but I thought there was a lot more vendors than Linksys producing similar equipment. eg, from openwrt.org: »wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware |
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phantom6294
join:2002-02-27
Abingdon, MD
 ·Comcast
| I can't say for sure... but I *THINK* Linksys started this open-source firmware movement. If I am wrong, by all means correct me.
Also, I *THINK* some of those models listed in the link for OpenWRT didn't originally run linux based/open source firmware; merely, they had the same hardware design (radio chips, etc) as the Linksys...
Someone correct me if I am wrong. |
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macmouse
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join:2002-05-30
Saratoga, CA
| If I recall correctly, linksys used Open-source components inside of their product secretly, and released the product without providing the source code. One day, someone was fiddling with it and discovered that it had GPL code in it (copyright notice??) and GNU(?) and made a big lawsuit over it.
Then, linksys reluctantly released their (modified) source code, which then allows people to make their own firmware. They didn't intentionally make it so people could modify their firmware but it just ended up that way. If nobody noticed then there would be no third-party firmwares. |
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pog
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join:2004-06-03
Kihei, HI | Yeah, that's right. I guess what I mean is that, while it may be a shame that Linksys is closing things up in their shop, it certainly doesn't seem to be an end for hobbyists/enthusiasts. |
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