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Re:Without software right to repair, your devices are not se... by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:49PM (#39265199)
Not nothing; source is necessary (though generally not sufficient) to produce patches.
Re:Without software right to repair, your devices are not se... by kj99 on Monday February 05, 2024 @02:01PM (#39265414)
Sure, but that only applies to devices that aren’t being maintained by someone else, and frankly, it’s not obvious to people who have to maintain their own devices and do a better job, so it’s not clear that there’s any particular argument associated with security here.

Just to be clear, I believe that copyleft compliance is important simply because it is the conditions under which the authors made their code available. I just don’t think the headline is honest.