In 2003, enthusiasts discovered that the WRT54G firmware contained code licensed under the GPL (the Linux kernel and BusyBox). However, Linksys had not released the source code for their modifications. After pressure from the Free Software Foundation and the open-source community, Cisco (parent company of Linksys) was forced to release the source code for the WRT54G firmware.
The release of the source code transformed the WRT54G v4 from a router into a general-purpose embedded computer. wr340g firmware
Beyond the Hardware: A Technical and Historical Analysis of the Linksys WRT54G (Revision 4.0) and the Firmware Ecosystem that Defined Consumer Networking In 2003, enthusiasts discovered that the WRT54G firmware