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by debugnik 83 days ago
The OS itself is not FOSS or even available without a partnership, the apps are all online websites, and running your own apps requires going through their partner portal. So don't get your hopes up.
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GPLv2 means at the very least kernel sources must be available on demand for any buyer of a TV shipped with this OS
Which is the reason only Linux kernel survives nowadays in such platforms.

Additionally there is an increasing number of embedded OSes alternatives with permissive licenses, meaning eventually not even the Linux kernel will be taken into account.

Being able.to examine the kernel is of little value in the tivoization described.