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[–] potatopotato@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Much of the operating system software on the switch is derived from older FOSS systems that existed before the GPL became widespread.

It very much should be open source, we just didn't always have the tools to force assholes to keep the stuff we gave them open