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by niea_11 1467 days ago
This page says that the kernel is based on Freebsd 11's kernel : https://www.playstationdev.wiki/ps5devwiki/index.php?title=K...

But the freebsd license isn't listed in this page : https://doc.dl.playstation.net/doc/ps5-oss/index.html

So I'm not sure if the first page is correct.

For PS4, the freebsd license was listed here : https://doc.dl.playstation.net/doc/ps4-oss/index.html
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mekster 1467 days ago
I guess the only advantage of FreeBSD is that it's got a permissive license for them to not open up the modification sources which can be a primary concern for corporates.
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niea_11 1466 days ago
Sony Visual Products (a Sony subsidiary) uses Linux (which is lincensed under GPL) on their BRAVIA TVs : https://oss.sony.net/Products/Linux/TV/KD-43XE7000_v8902.htm...

Playstation is made by Sony Interactive Entertainment so they probably have different directives/rules

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