GPL = GNU Public License - a very permissive ("open" or "free" as in freedom) license you can use to distribute software code.
Code = the programming code behind the software running it.
What this could mean for you is that if Netflix is willing to accept software patches from regular people/developers, you could get new features and bug fixes faster.
What this means for the average person is that one can use their own computer or make their own, new (or old) small computer work to achieve the same goals as this box: watch Netflix videos. But it also means that completely new software can be made based on or with inspiration from Netflix's code.
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GPL = GNU Public License - a very permissive ("open" or "free" as in freedom) license you can use to distribute software code.
Code = the programming code behind the software running it.
What this could mean for you is that if Netflix is willing to accept software patches from regular people/developers, you could get new features and bug fixes faster.
What this means for the average person is that one can use their own computer or make their own, new (or old) small computer work to achieve the same goals as this box: watch Netflix videos. But it also means that completely new software can be made based on or with inspiration from Netflix's code.
Something like that, I think.