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Programming your Tesla would mean that you upload software that your car runs. I think you can’t do that, but you should be allowed to.

As it’s a matter of public safety, and as part of a right to repair, all of the software that runs in cars should be open source, and should be able to be updated by the owner.

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ante@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is a terrible idea. What stops me from uploading a broken piece of shit fork that puts others at risk while I’m driving?

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- Kanda@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The same as every other thing that puts people at risk: consequences
  
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- ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The law stops you. Open source just means that you can access the code and modify it. Open source does not mean that you have automatically met the legal requirements to certify that software for use on public roads. That would be an additional hurdle that any automotive software would have to pass. But, most legal systems are stone age compared to software development and any sufficiently new technology. Still, right to repair and open source does not mean that you can operate outside of regulations.
  
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- mwguy@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  SE thing that prevents you from putting in a piece of shit knockoff part that puts others at risk while you’re driving?
  
  You’re desire to not die.
  
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IdealShrew@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Do you really think the average Joe has the knowledge to develop safe software for a car? Some things are okay to be proprietary imo, maybe with open documentation but not source.

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- GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You could absolutely standardize, certify, and isolate safety components
  
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  - IdealShrew@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    If the non-critical parts were scriptable like the infotainment system, then I could get behind it. Kind of like android I guess where you’re free to tinker, but you have to enable developer mode first so regular people can’t accidentally break something.
    
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topinambour_rex@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I was thinking more like scripts. You load scripts, it interprets them.

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- logicbomb@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  A script is a type of software, so that’s not really a big difference.
  
  I don’t know about Tesla specifically, but if I was making a car that was intended to be moddable like this, I would have a hardware interface of some sort, and expect the mod to call a public API. This is similar to how cell phones can connect via USB and have some functionality.
  
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