Pierre-Yves LapersonneM to Opensource · 2 months agoA manifesto for open source, from Mercedes-Benzopensource.mercedes-benz.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10 cross-posted to: [email protected]programming
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkA manifesto for open source, from Mercedes-Benzopensource.mercedes-benz.comPierre-Yves LapersonneM to Opensource · 2 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]programming
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoSo theyll let me access the software in one of their car models and modify it as I see fit? Or is this “yeah our code is open but you cant touch it on any real vehicle. also you cant validate the source code is actually what is deployed”. Mercedes-Benz FOSS Manifesto - Our commitment to be truly open
minus-squarebookmeat@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoRemember, patents and DRM are antithetical to FOSS, so we’ll see how this plays out.
minus-squareKissakilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoFrom 2021. Shouldn’t we already be seeing how it played out? /edit: 183 public GitHub repos.
So theyll let me access the software in one of their car models and modify it as I see fit?
Or is this “yeah our code is open but you cant touch it on any real vehicle. also you cant validate the source code is actually what is deployed”.
Remember, patents and DRM are antithetical to FOSS, so we’ll see how this plays out.
From 2021. Shouldn’t we already be seeing how it played out?
/edit: 183 public GitHub repos.