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German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL license (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/opensource@programming.dev
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[-] refalo@programming.dev 10 points 5 months ago

So LGPLv2 doesn't actually allow tivoization in Germany now? Am I reading that right?

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago

Hmm, I don't think that's quite the same. The developer simply wasn't able to compile the source code, which is a pretty clear requirement in the LGPL 2.1:

For an executable, the required form of the "work that uses the Library" must include any data and utility programs needed for reproducing the executable from it.

[-] refalo@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The posted link does not appear to contain the same statement as what I read from the SFC:

Steck's work showed that despite being a "Lesser" license than GPL, LGPLv2.1 still guarantees users the right to repair, modify and reinstall modified versions of the software on their device.

This is why I believed that the lack of an anti-tivoization clause was being somehow retroactively applied to v2.

[-] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago

Last I read, they're only allowing Tyrolization.

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