[$] Prospects for free software in cars

Car manufacturers, like most companies, navigate a narrow lane between thebenefits of using free and open-source software and the perceived or realimportance of hiding their trade secrets. Many are usingfree software in some of the myriad software components that make up amodern car, and even work in consortia to develop free software. At therecent LibrePlanetconference, free-software advocate Jeremiah Foster covered progress in theautomotive sector and made an impassioned case for more free software in theirembedded systems.

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