Re:How to Build a Smartwatch: Picking a Chip
by rollcat on Thursday May 15, 2025 @08:11AM
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> The code could easily be open, but the productions device could be made unflashable if the law really required it.
Excellent point. Many people (myself included) do assume that open source = redeployable, as in GPL3. I guess an e-fuse for read-only is perfectly OK, both from regulatory standpoint, and for ensuring you're running the same code as what you have the source for. That would be cool.
Excellent point. Many people (myself included) do assume that open source = redeployable, as in GPL3. I guess an e-fuse for read-only is perfectly OK, both from regulatory standpoint, and for ensuring you're running the same code as what you have the source for. That would be cool.