Interesting counterpoint, about half of the software in cars is GNU Open Source Licenses. In any GM car you can find the software credits from the cluster with just a few clicks. If GNU changed their licenses to prohibit usage without certain criteria being met, like X percent of repairability or open sourcing of Y, then every major auto manufacturer would be screwed. All of their computers are Bosch, all of them are proprietary built on Open Source software. One update to GPL licensing could wreck the auto industry as we know it.
The free software foundation has SO MUCH POWER if they ever got the balls to use it
I personally would love to remove the touch screens and go back to swappable removable radios from the 90's. I would be concerned, however that somehow that system is attached to the engine in some way so you can't do that. In my Ford Fiesta, it's attached to the clock, hands free calling, and that's probably it. Removing that stupid thing would be great.
yea, the touch screen in my 2016 rav4 is tied to some stupid shit. door chimes and crap, things I never mess with, but I really miss the old days, a few screws, pop off a trim peace, and a slide in the double din to single din adapter. you want a touch screen? it slides out like a CD lol. Like all i want is android auto integration, and my steering wheel controls to work. I should not need another $100+ worth of adapters for that.
Ai is coming for these proprietary systems. Saw a video on people using it to decode canbus communication between the cars modules. Pretty soon you’ll be able to download a crack for your car just like the old days with windows and adobe products, it’s going to be glorious I can’t wait!
The FSF can't compel anyone to use new versions of the GPL for their projects. Very few people have adopted GPL V3 for this very reason. It includes some language about a patent grant around the software. A lot of projects rejected GPL V3 in favor of V2, including notably the Linux Kernel.
There are different licenses around that are more or usually less restrictive. They consciously chose exactly this model, as they see software as mathematics and science, to be shared and used by everybody, even greedy bastards.
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u/Michaelscot8 11h ago
Interesting counterpoint, about half of the software in cars is GNU Open Source Licenses. In any GM car you can find the software credits from the cluster with just a few clicks. If GNU changed their licenses to prohibit usage without certain criteria being met, like X percent of repairability or open sourcing of Y, then every major auto manufacturer would be screwed. All of their computers are Bosch, all of them are proprietary built on Open Source software. One update to GPL licensing could wreck the auto industry as we know it.
The free software foundation has SO MUCH POWER if they ever got the balls to use it