alt Hacker NewsWould it? IANAL, but AIUI the only GPL component is Linux on GPLv2 which requires providing code but not giving the ability to install it
Would it? IANAL, but AIUI the only GPL component is Linux on GPLv2 which requires providing code but not giving the ability to install it
Yes. GPLv2 specifically contains a clause that you must provide "scripts to control compilation and installation"
Source you can't compile or install onto the device wouldn't be very useful.