On Tuesday 23 January 2007 16:10, Phil Thayer wrote:
By the way, If you have a car that is any newer than 1990 or so, then you already own a whacked down version of Linux. If you have a new car (less than 5 years old) then you probably have about 5 to 10 versions of a whacked down version of Linux already. In fact there are sites on the internet that you can search (with the whacked down version of Linux) that will explain how to connect to the systems in your car and install RPM's that will change how your car runs to run more powerful or more economically. Of course if you just want to by the chips that contain the whacked down version of Linux with those RPM's installed you can look in most car magazines and buy them and simply do a chip swap on your car (I guess we will call that a whacked down version of an firmware upgrade.)
Are you implying that cars have chips running some form of Linux? If so, I think they're late on complying with the license. I know at least my car's manual doesn't have an offer for source code, nor did it include any digital medium.