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Re:Subaru, Kia shut off some car features rather than adhere... by duped on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @05:44PM (#30447636)
That assumes they have the rights to distribute the software to their customers, it's not always so cut and dry when you have vendor libraries to deal with.
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Re:Subaru, Kia shut off some car features rather than adhere... by LordDragonfang on Thursday February 24, 2022 @01:57AM (#30451476)
John Deere had a net income of 5 billion in 2021. If it genuinely takes them five years to figure out how to license software with that kind of cash flow, they need to fire their CTO.
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