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		mrpippy on Sept 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to avoid a BSOD on your 2B dollar spacecraft That's likely software for the receiver/router/CPE that customers use, since it's being distributed they have to satisfy license obligations for it. Software actually running on satellites isn't being distributed, so there's no license obligations there (unless it's AGPL, ha!)

nicce on Sept 26, 2024 | [–]

It includes that software too, but they have claimed that they use Linux, so I would assume that some software is from the satellite itsef as well. It is still not clear ”what” obligations you have for a piece in the space.

lofaszvanitt on Sept 26, 2024 | [–]

Yeah, why would a satellite have angular...

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