Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL (www.theregister.com)
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from #TheRegister #Register Thomas Claburn Fri 10 Jan 2025 // 13:37 UTC

Sebastian Steck, a software developer based in Germany, has obtained the source code and library installation scripts for his AVM FRITZ!Box 4020 router, thanks to a lawsuit funded by the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC).

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INeedMana@lemmy.world on 13 Jan 09:51 next collapse

So basically their software is real open-source now and we can just compile stuff for their devices, without flashing OpenWrt etc? Can those be bought outside of Germany? I’ve never heard of it

B0rax@feddit.org on 13 Jan 10:41 collapse

Is it only for this specific model? Where can O find the source code?