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Re:Thanks HN: Glowforge will open-source its firmware by Animats on Friday September 25, 2015 @01:00AM (#10276441)
"The firmware is a very small piece of the puzzle."

Probably right. What's needed is source code escrow for the cloud service, so if Glowforge tanks, the code goes open source.

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Re:Thanks HN: Glowforge will open-source its firmware by jakobegger on Friday September 25, 2015 @01:59AM (#10276585)
This won't help you if your internet connection is down.
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Re:Thanks HN: Glowforge will open-source its firmware by GauntletWizard on Friday September 25, 2015 @02:41AM (#10276684)
With source code escrow of their services, you can presumably use dns redirection of their site and the open source version of their software to run your own local instance of the stack.

Truly Open Source doesn't mean runs without any other components, it just means you can replace any of the components yourself.

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Re:Thanks HN: Glowforge will open-source its firmware by DannoHung on Friday September 25, 2015 @02:37AM (#10276679)
Sure it will. GCE just runs containers.
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Re:Thanks HN: Glowforge will open-source its firmware by fudged71 on Friday September 25, 2015 @06:06AM (#10277206)
That's a good idea in theory, but what about maintenance and related devops? It's not enough to assume the code would be reliable on its own.

What kind of organization would provide this service? And who pays for the infrastructure?

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