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[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago

All manufacturers who follow US law do, it's part of the GPL license. The problem is that the code is all made for some really old version of Linux, either 2.4 or 4.x, which isn't compatible with mainline.

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

Phones usually had 4.4 for a very long time as that was a super lts. But also distribute it (looking at you john deere)

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