German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL license

by tapperon 1/10/2025, 8:26 PMwith 7 comments

by tetris11on 1/10/2025, 11:39 PM

Aren't firmwares for Fritzboxes provided by the Freetz-NG project?

https://freetz-ng.github.io/freetz-ng/FIRMWARES.html

by jcarranoon 1/11/2025, 1:53 PM

I understand this is just the last instance of a series of (L)GPL violation on the part of AVM. The irony is that with each lost case, AVM strengthens the reputation of the Germany legal system in copyleft cases.

by ksecon 1/11/2025, 4:12 PM

>"The favorable result of this lawsuit exemplifies the power of copyleft—granting users the freedom to modify, repair, and secure the software on their own devices,"

I am not entirely sure that is what LGPL is about. Unless the router was specifically sold as Open Source. I thought the whole reason for LGPL is that you could use it with other proprietary code?

by solarkrafton 1/12/2025, 8:09 PM

It’s a bummer that AVM, while being actually very techie-friendly, is a bit weird about its firmware.