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"and purpose built to run openpilot" would be the main issue here. Everything else is also required by a regular dashcam. The legal question here would be (and I don't know that answer to that) if someone distributing a hardware device that's optimized for a particular functionality without shipping that functionality, would be liable when users manually add that functionality to the device.

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IANAL, but I don't think there's nearly enough insulation here.

I don't think there's much distinction between selling someone a device and then giving them free software that they need to install, and just giving them the device with the software installed.

Imo as long as they intend for the customers to install the software they're responsible, so I don't know if there's anyway in my mind for them to make both the software (or have an active role in developing it) and the device and not be liable.

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