yesman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-lifearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1785arrow-down148
arrow-up1737arrow-down1external-linkBose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-lifearstechnica.comyesman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareMiaou@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoThis type of laws already exist in some cases, but realistically no one knows that the company won’t just go bankrupt in 5 years. Open sourcing things is a “reasonable” last resort option, or rather, the only viable one
minus-squarefelixwhynot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI would love to see that codified: you go bankrupt, you go open source! I’m not holding my breath though. They usually get bought and sold and scrapped for parts along the way
This type of laws already exist in some cases, but realistically no one knows that the company won’t just go bankrupt in 5 years. Open sourcing things is a “reasonable” last resort option, or rather, the only viable one
I would love to see that codified: you go bankrupt, you go open source!
I’m not holding my breath though. They usually get bought and sold and scrapped for parts along the way