TBF if Google locked down the devices like that it would be a GPL violation. Not their first or whatever but still, there's a reason for them not to do that beside "being nice"

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yjftsjthsd-h 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Would it? IANAL, but AIUI the only GPL component is Linux on GPLv2 which requires providing code but not giving the ability to install it

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fluidcruft 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not really. Tivo did that eons ago. Whether you view this as a "flaw" or "feature" of GPLv2 it's ultimately why GPLv3 now exists.

The Linux kernel developers see what Tivo did as a "feature" rather than a "flaw" and refuse GPLv3.

	▲	wolvoleo 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's also because so many Linux developers are on the payroll of big tech. Look at all the submissions. And look at the key people in the Linux Foundation. All a bunch of business suits with compromised motives. Linux is no longer the community-driven choice. It's big business with billions hanging on the line. The grassroots origins are long over.