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nox-x / TG3442DE-Teardown

Teardowning a Vodafone TG3442DE Cable router
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CR003/adding_firmware_details #2

Closed vschwaberow closed 3 years ago

vschwaberow commented 3 years ago

Adds links to source code and introduces firmware table

vschwaberow commented 3 years ago

One question: I saw only one version being published. But isn't Vodafone also obligated to publish their changes in source code format? Or am I getting it wrong. No License expert.

nox-x commented 3 years ago

Depending on the license model. But afaik are most of the open-source components (listed in software.md) are GPL-licensed. From manufacturers point of view only changed components with a GPL-license must be published. If a manufacturer only use (and don't customized) some of these components they only must mention the used component. I think the one published version of the source code (btw. containing only the OSS-components and not the closed source parts?!) you found (seems to be Arris-branded and not from Vodafone) was maybe published "by accident" or at least irregularly.

vschwaberow commented 3 years ago

Thanks for your view on this.