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Linksys Releases GPLed Code for WRT54G

Posted by michael on from the happy-thoughts dept.

petree writes "I stumbled across this on the Linksys website. Linksys has apparently caved to community pressure and released the GPLed source for linux running on their WRT54G. Cool Beans!"

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  1. And now what? by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you going to go build your own router?

    Are you going to comb through the code only to find that it's not that much different from the other code you never look at?

    Face it, if it some source is vital to your company staying competitive, it isn't going to be GPL'd.

    --
    I have been pwned because my /. password was too easy to guess.
  2. Cool Beans? by aaron240 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is this, 1988?

    Is it also "rad" that the code was released?

    My apologies, I'm on a tear today. Hella has to go the way of "cool beans", but it looks like these things never die. *sighs*

  3. Re:A wireless network. For a dorm room. by soulsteal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe he's decided to take a different course of action in the killing of superfluous sperm.

  4. Well... by wadetemp · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... it's not just for him, it's so his neighbors can connect to his network too. Whether he knows this or not, I don't know.

  5. i'll GPL you by lurgyman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot... where the GNU Public License became a verb ;)