Archos Releases 604, 604 Wi-Fi Firmware Into to Open Source

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 15, 2007 8:28 AM EDT
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Thanks to the fact that Archos used GPL and LGPL code in constructing their firmware for the Archos 604 and 604 Wi-Fi devices, they're forced to release just about the source code for said firmware into the public domain. What does this mean to the average Archos 604 user? Not a whole lot, at least right now. The code is pretty much complete, but lacks a few things like signatures, and some non-GPL utilities Archos used to build, link, and generate the final firmware files.

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