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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

So theyll let me access the software in one of their car models and modify it as I see fit?

Or is this “yeah our code is open but you cant touch it on any real vehicle. also you cant validate the source code is actually what is deployed”.

Mercedes-Benz FOSS Manifesto - Our commitment to be truly open

[–] bookmeat@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Remember, patents and DRM are antithetical to FOSS, so we'll see how this plays out.

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

From 2021. Shouldn't we already be seeing how it played out?

/edit: 183 public GitHub repos.