Spark and DOS2

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The best move from Devialet would be to publish the DOS1 and Spark on a public domain license. As they are/were already using quite some bits and pieces from open source it would be only fair to users to allow them to continue maintaining Spark and DOS1 as community. Great stuff could come out of such a move that probably also Devialet could benefit. I do not see any benefit for Devialet to continue maintain Spark/DOS1 but for the community I would see real incentive. There could be so much more made with the speakers than what liability of Devialet limits them.

I tend to agree, people who know how could make the changes they ask for. Who would make sure that nobody made changes that bricked everybody's kit though?
Back when I wrote and used software I saw people release some really bad code for MS-DOS and Windows...

Sure this risk would be mainly on DOS1. ‘Spark open’ could probably crash or not function, but very limited brick the Phantoms. But since DOS1 is built on Linux code, at least this is my guess of seeing parts that Devialet open sourced and what is visible in communication protocols, I think there are quite a number of hobbyists around that could work on the code base. Of course without any liability and guarantee that such mods would work.