# Proprietary Comma AI
The Comma AI appears at first to be quite "open", but it is built upon
a lot of proprietary infrastruction. For example, in the docs on using
`ssh` to access the device, step one:

```
1. You need a GitHub account. Make one if you don't already have one.
```

From: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/wiki/SSH


So despite being "open", work will need to be done to use this device
without proprietary tools. I'm guessing this issue will be found throughout
the toolchain as I dig deeper. It already needs a libre fork.


Perhaps a list starting here of proprietary parts:

* OpenSSH access to the device "needs" a Github account.

* Development on Github.

* Discord for chat.

* SSH on the device uses Microsoft proxy.

* Also has GSM device, doing who-knows-what.