Turn a $60 router into a $600 thanks to OSS firmware

The story of the Linksys Wireless-G Router (model WRT54G) and how you can turn a $60 router into a $600 router is a little bit CSI and a little bit Freaks & Geeks. It’s also the story of how the open source movement can produce a win-win scenario for both consumers and commercial vendors.
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In June 2003 some folks on the #Linux Kernel Mailing List sniffed around the WRT54G and found that its firmware was based on #Linux components. Because #Linux is released under the GNU General Public License, or GPL, the terms of the license obliged Linksys to make available the source code to the WRT54G firmware
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So the Linksys WRT54G can be loaded with replacement firmware with exciting new features. Which raises the question – like what?
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