Pues, algo tiene que ver con open source, mira esta noticia, en la misma dirección proporcionada por Alex:
Cita: May 1
Hackers, Get Ready! LEGO Group Announces Open Source Firmware, Developer Kits for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT
For the first time The LEGO Group will release as open source the firmware of the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® microprocessor – the new NXT brick – the core component of its next generation robotics toolset. Firmware code for Software, Hardware and Bluetooth Developer Kits will be available in August 2006. Click
here to read the full press release.
Liberan el firmware como open source
saludos