27-01-2015, 20:06
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RobotPy Guy
AKA: Dustin Spicuzza
 FRC #1418 (), FRC #1973, FRC #4796, FRC #6367 () Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,058
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Re: What are the limitations to roboRIO modifications?
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Originally Posted by Thad House
Since the kernel comes in the image, I would agree with this. Changing the OS and the kernel would not be allowed.
For installing packages, and recompiling the JDK, I would say both of those are perfectly fine. The JDK does not come with the image, so if doing either of those things was illegal, both the Python and Java implementations would be illegal, and we know that both of those are legal.
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I suspect loading a new kernel module would not be considered illegal.
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