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Our purpose in writing this paper is to show how new capabilities in the free and open source software stack enable highly regulated and sensitive industrial concerns to take advantage of the full spectrum of modern copyleft software, including code under the GNU General Public License, version 3 (“GPLv3”), and to manage their obligations under those licenses in ways that are commercially sound.

Few products encapsulate both the challenges and the possibilities in this area like the automobile. This whitepaper explains how a specific, existing form of FOSS software distribution, Ubuntu Core and “snap” technology, can achieve the goals of software governance, security and liability in modern cars.