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		toomuchtodo on March 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TP-Link blocks open source router firmware to comp... While I agree with you, if they don't have to release it, you'll never know unless you can successfully decompile the firmware.

Nursie on March 11, 2016 [–]

This could already be the case with closed source firmwares, which could be using unlicensed non-FOSS blobs too for all you know.

If we're ignoring licences now then this is a different argument.

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