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Re:OpenWRT turns 20; wants to launch their "first upstream s... by ahepp on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @03:31AM (#38937717)
> G.iNet is wholly based upon OpenWRT. They get the benefit of the free software and can undersell because they don't need to support it. I know I'm oversimplifying, but it's at least partially true.

Are they complying with the license terms? I guess I don't understand why it would be considered a negative for them to build a product based on OpenWRT.

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Re:OpenWRT turns 20; wants to launch their "first upstream s... by anonymousiam on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @08:28PM (#38946200)
It's not a big negative from the consumer point of view. I've purchased some (3) and supported other (6) Gl.iNet products and they've been okay. Several times I have run into issues where the routers have effectively bricked the ability to update the firmware image, while continuing to operate with the outdated and insecure image still running. I've successfully un-bricked a few of them, but that can be a tricky task and takes a while.

They do seem to be complying with the license terms, and the free portions of the software can be downloaded from the Gl.iNet website.

Most of the negatives have been covered in other comments here.

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