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Re:Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source? by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday May 11, 2012 @02:19PM (#3960551)
Whilst Richard Stallman and his GPLv3 would like it to be so, you're correct that this isn't the point. It's not supposed to be reprogrammable by the consumer, but the consumer should be able to know what code is running on it.
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