3 Oct
2016
3 Oct
'16
10:58 p.m.
On Mon, 03 Oct 2016 18:33:38 -0700, Matthew Petach said:
If you hold the executives of the hardware manufacturer responsible for the software running on their devices, then the next generation of hardware from every manufacturer is going to be hardware locked to ONLY run their software. No OpenWRT, no Tomato, no third party software that could be compromised and leave them holding the liability bag.
Turn it on its ear. Liability only attaches if the product is closed-source. Sure, that leaves us with lots of open-source light bulbs that are basically abandonware 5 years later, but at least at that point it's more possible to fix any remaining issues...