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[–] tal@lemmy.today 311 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (20 children)

"Open source" really isn't the right term here, if they're just releasing API specifications. "Open sourcing" the speakers would be releasing the source code to the software that runs on the speakers.

Like, all of Microsoft's libraries on Windows have a publicly-documented interface. That hardly makes them open source. Just means that people can write software that make use of them.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yes, the correct term for this would be “open api”

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"documented api", nothing open about it

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Idk, it probably has an open backdoor somewhere

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