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[Discuss] Profiting from GPL software



Loading anything always voided the warranty. Even if it did ship with
linux.

On 11/10/15, 12:33 PM, "Discuss on behalf of Rich Pieri"
<discuss-bounces+joe=polcari.com at blu.org on behalf of
richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:

>On 11/10/2015 11:10 AM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>> False.  Linksys WRT1900ac ships with Linux.  See the bootlog for the
>> OEM firmware here:
>
>That boot log is almost two years old. Linksys no longer ship OpenWRT,
>and installing it or any other third-party firmware voids the warranty:
>
>http://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-WRT1900AC/
>
>"?While Linksys fully embraces the open source community and is
>providing open source use capabilities, they do not offer technical
>support on using open source firmware. Installing 3rd party firmware is
>done at your own risk and replacing factory-installed firmware with
>OpenWRT firmware will void your warranty. Please always seek the advice
>of more experienced users via open source community forums if you?re
>unsure."
>
>-- 
>Rich P.
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