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Software Freedom Conservancy works for your right to repair and modify the software on your devices. Use The Source shows you how we evaluate the source code candidates companies must provide for GPLed software. Join us as we highlight common issues in source candidates, and what companies need to do to fix them. Check out the options below, or subscribe to our mailing list to participate in the public discussion on these candidates.
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One crucial way to get involved is to let us know about any source candidates you find! Many devices have an offer for source code (check the manual or device's user interface to find it) and we'd be very interested to know what they send you when you request it. Here are the steps to submit a new source candidate to list on this page:
(一)find a source candidate offered by a company - normally this is offered to you in the manual or user interface of your device, through a link or email address (the company's GitHub page is not canonical, unless they explicitly say so in this offer). If you're curious what an offer is, check out the PDFs referenced in our submission to the FTC, and submit a picture/image of a new offer so we can test it for you if you like
(二)upload the source candidate to us - write down the file name(s) you uploaded for the next step (can be multiple), and upload a firmware image if you have it and are ok with us publishing it
(三)email us at compliance@sfconservancy.org with the following details:
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(四)wait 😀 we will respond and/or post your candidate here, within about 7 days
There are many other ways you can help, regardless of whether you're a developer or not - see our Help Defend Software Freedom and Rights page for details!
Source Candidates List
To join the public discussion of these candidates, please subscribe to our ccs-review mailing list. We re-post especially notable email replies from this community mailing list in the candidate comments, alongside SFC and other official Use The Source comments on each candidate's page linked below. A "round" indicates how many times we've received new candidates for a given device/firmware - if the round is "of N" it means we don't know how many rounds will be needed before we receive a compliant source candidate for the device/firmware.
Released May 11, 2023
This candidate is an image of the CD that is provided in the box alongside the TPE-R1300. Note that in addition to being confirmed as the firmware running on the device, the binary firmware image is also available inside the source CD, in the bin folder.
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Released Nov. 29, 2024
This source release is provided to people who purchased an OpenWrt One (from https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007795779282.html for example) and requested source code for it.
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Released Dec. 3, 2024
This source release is provided to people who purchased an OpenWrt One (from https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007795779282.html for example) and requested source code for it. It is an updated version of https://sfconservancy.org/usethesource/candidate/openwrt-one-round-1-of-2/ that replaced the earlier version a few days after its release.
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Released May 11, 2021
This candidate was provided in response to a request for source code, made per the offer for source code that AVM published.
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Released March 8, 2023
This is an update received from AVM after reporting the respective issues found in the round 1 candidate at https://sfconservancy.org/usethesource/candidate/avm-fritzbox-4020-683-round-1-of-n/ . Note that in this candidate the compile*.sh file was created by the user to help AVM come into compliance more quickly. The only part of the compile*.sh file that AVM provided was the value of KERNEL_LAYOUT.
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Released June 7, 2024
This is an update received from AVM after reporting the respective issues found in the round 2 candidate at https://sfconservancy.org/usethesource/candidate/avm-fritzbox-4020-683-round-2-of-n/ and filing a lawsuit. As with the Round 2 candidate, in this candidate the compile*.sh file was created by the user to help AVM come into compliance more quickly. The only part of the compile*.sh file that AVM provided was the value of KERNEL_LAYOUT.
Note that the firmware image provided here is for a newer version than this source release. AVM has not yet provided the binary image that the install_* files rely on for this specific version (despite our inquiries per the instructions there), so the instructions will have to be used on the newer binary in the meantime.
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Released April 28, 2010
This source code release was provided by Samsung as part of a settlement agreement in April 2010. Among other scripts (including those used to build the source code), one can find scripts used to control installation of the executable in the file named FIRMWARE_UPGRADE_WITH_UBOOT.txt - these show how to install components under the GPL onto this Samsung LN52A650 TV, as required by the license.
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Released Sept. 4, 2019
This source candidate was received after finding a "Third Party Software" manual page (see https://s3.belkin.com/support/assets/wemo/license/FW_LICENSE_WeMo_WLS040_v2.00.11421.pdf and https://s3.belkin.com/support/assets/wemo/license/FW_LICENSE_WLS0403_v2.00.11421.pdf for example) and downloading the "copy of the source code [candidate]" that it referenced.
Note that the source candidates provided for the WLS040 and WLS0403 at https://www.belkin.com/support-article/?articleNum=51238 are identical, so we are covering both here.
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Released March 3, 2024
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released April 21, 2025
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released May 7, 2025
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device. Note that Sony provided seven files for this candidate, which we have packaged into a single .tar file.
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Released April 25, 2025
The source candidate for this television was downloaded from LG's web site per an offer for source in the product documentation. Note that LG provided two files for this candidate, which we have packaged into a single .tar file.
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Released Feb. 5, 2024
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released July 30, 2024
This is an update we received from Bosch after reporting the respective issues found in the round 1 candidate at https://sfconservancy.org/usethesource/candidate/bosch-shp65cm5n-dishwasher-round-1-of-n/
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Released April 7, 2023
These are the source candidate and firmware images provided on TP-Link's website for this product.
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Released Jan. 23, 2024
These are the source candidate and firmware images provided on TP-Link's website for this product. Note that as of 2024-02-02, the version 1.1.2 firmware does not seem to be available on the website anymore, so we are re-posting it here.
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Released May 9, 2023
This source candidate was received through a public offer for source request. The device (a network switch) also goes by the name "Hellcat". The specific source candidate being offered here is for "Hellcat IOSXE Releases 17.6.3-images".
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Released Nov. 28, 2023
This is an update we received from Cisco after reporting the respective issues found in the round 1 candidate at https://sfconservancy.org/usethesource/candidate/cisco-ess-3300-round-1-of-n/
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Released Feb. 2, 2024
This is an update we received from Cisco after reporting the respective issues found in the round 2 candidate at https://sfconservancy.org/usethesource/candidate/cisco-ess-3300-round-2-of-n/ - note that this source candidate only contains the kernel portion of the candidate. Cisco has not provided updates for any other portions of the candidate as of this writing.
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Released Jan. 29, 2025
This is an update we received from Cisco after reporting the respective issues found in the round 3 candidate at https://sfconservancy.org/usethesource/candidate/cisco-ess-3300-round-3-of-n/ - note that this source candidate appears to only update the kernel-17.03.06 part of the kernel portion of the candidate. Cisco has not provided updates for any other portions of the candidate (including the kernel-modules-17.03.06 part of the kernel portion) as of this writing.
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Released Aug. 13, 2020
Found via offer for source code with the device. Note that included repos need to be cloned before use, as this is not the original format Google provided (it was via web links to Git repos) and Google has deleted some of these original Git repos so we are mirroring the complete set we received here.
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Released April 30, 2025
Found via offer for source code. Note that included repos need to be cloned before use, as this is not the original format Google provided (it was via web links to Git repos) - we are mirroring the complete set we received here.
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Released March 6, 2024
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released May 9, 2025
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released May 4, 2025
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released April 29, 2025
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released April 28, 2025
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released May 4, 2025
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released April 24, 2025
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released March 12, 2024
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device. Note that Samsung separately provided the 3 files inside the candidate .tar file in response to a request for source code for this TV - we have combined them into one .tar file for downloading convenience.
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Released Feb. 28, 2024
This source candidate was received after exercising an offer for source that was provided for the device.
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Released Jan. 13, 2022
This is a source candidate we received from John Deere after exercising Deere's public offer for source for this device.
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Released March 30, 2018
We received this source candidate from Tesla as the next iteration of incomplete candidates in a long set we had received. The report we sent them on this candidate has already been published, at https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/ccs-review/2018-May/000000.html
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