Would love it if camera manufacturers were forced to open source their firmware after say 5 years of a camera’s release. The longevity of devices would be vastly improved.
In fact make this all devices with firmware, printers, streamers etc.
In fact make this all devices with firmware, printers, streamers etc.
But forcing is never a right thing.
Extending this to enable software access by 3rd parties doesn't feel controversial to me. The core intent of copyright and patent seems to be "when the time limit expires, everyone should be able to use the IP". But in practice you often can't, where hardware with software is concerned.