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pabs3
on March 10, 2021
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UK 'Right to repair' law to come in this summer
Wonder if this includes a right to repair/replace software running on a device.
superbcarrot
on March 10, 2021
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How could it possibly? Is there a way to do this without requiring all open-source software?
pabs3
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The main issue is customers should have the ability to disable lockdown to install their own OS. For fixing issues, the source code could be shared with customers under a license permitting individual use/modification, but not distribution etc.
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