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		Zak 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Judge Signals Win for Software Freedom Conservancy... GPL v3 requires that if updates by the manufacturer are possible, the device owner is given the necessary keys and instructions to install modified versions. It is not required if the software is installed to ROM that cannot be updated by anyone. GPL v2 does not require this.

pabs3 3 days ago [–]

Conservancy disagrees that GPLv2 doesn't require this.

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/mar/25/install-gplv2/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/jul/23/tivoization-and-t... https://events19.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017...

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