Ask HN: Self-hosted open source IP security cameras?

Re:Ask HN: Self-hosted open source IP security cameras? by the-smug-one on Thursday March 03, 2022 @04:55PM (#30547570)

Axis cameras aren't open source, but they're just Linux running systemd and Axis (or other) software. You can ssh into them, write your own apps, etc. They're not particularly locked down. They support ONVIF and VAPIX, which are API:s that VMS's such as Milestone and Genetec target.

> poorly secured IoT devices will get repurposed for.

Don't let it have access to the outside net then?

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Re:Ask HN: Self-hosted open source IP security cameras? by dTal on Friday March 04, 2022 @05:05AM (#30552700)

>Axis cameras aren't open source, but they're just Linux running systemd

How is this not a GPL violation?

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Re:Ask HN: Self-hosted open source IP security cameras? by 7steps2much on Friday March 04, 2022 @08:06AM (#30554128)

I think (but don't know if i am correct) that the original commenter was referring to the custom software running on top of Linux?

If they just run "stock" Linux then they can point their users towards that? Or maybe they just don't care until they get sued, also an option of course.

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Re:Ask HN: Self-hosted open source IP security cameras? by the-smug-one on Friday March 04, 2022 @04:26PM (#30560811)

Yeah, any changes to the kernel would obviously also get GPL:d :).

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Re:Ask HN: Self-hosted open source IP security cameras? by bradknowles on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:34AM (#30551053)

Axis cameras are the old-school corporate gold standard for doing a network video camera. Sadly, they're priced like it.

I can buy a half dozen to a dozen cheaper ONVIF-capable cameras from a well-known brand, for the same price I'd pay to get one Axis camera.

But then you run into the issue noted above, where virtually all Chinese cameras are made by a small number of companies, most of whom are implicated in the suppression of the Uighur people, and who frequently sell their core hardware to other companies to install their own firmware.

Sad, but true.

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