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elkos on Dec 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pebble's next step

Could such a pledge provide enough assurance? If the company folds its IP is up for grubs, this might include their products source code. Right?

If that's the case I would prefer to purchase devices that are actually already running free software or there is free software available to flash on them.

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FireBeyond on Dec 8, 2016 [–]

That would be a pre-existing contract that the future IP holder would (or should, if written 'securely') be obligated to uphold.

elkos on Dec 8, 2016 | [–]

Thanks hmm... that indeed sounds legit. Would definitely like to see that. If I have no open source alternative for a connected hardware device that seems to me like the next best thing.

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