ha, chuck said pussies On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:11 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sprint once owed our company $3M. Highly technical interstate access rate > element issues. Sprint simply quit paying access charges. The judge said > “I think someone owes someone else some money but that is about all I can > understand about this case”. After I left the company they settled with > Sprint and actually paid them $150K. Pussies... > > *From:* Cameron Crum > *Sent:* Monday, December 14, 2020 9:16 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google News - Cambium Networks settles a lawsuit > with Ubiquiti Inc for selling hacking firmware > > I believe the claim was that Cambium hacked Ubnt's hardware so they could > figure out how to load Cambium firmware onto Ubnt radios. This would save a > wisp a ton of money if they decided to switch platforms as they would not > have to buy new CPEs, just APs. They found some technicality in the DMCA, I > believe, and it looks like either Cambium decided it might go against them > (highly likely when trying to convince non-technical judges) or they > decided it would just be less expensive to end it now. What looks to those > of us who understand things like radio chipsets better than the average joe > public like a no-brianer, is most likely incomprehensible to a judge or a > selection of random people in a jury pool. Heck I've seen supposed > "distinguished trial judges" not be able to tell which party is which in a > property dispute because one party claimed to be the other by filing brand > new articles of incorporation with the same name. I would expect trying to > convince them the radio hardware was not proprietary would be tantamount to > a fat man climbing mount everest without oxygen. Maybe "someone" will > figure out a way to do this independently just in case they don't want to > swap thousands of CPEs. I can't imagine it would be too difficult, but you > might open yourself up to a new lawsuit. > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:21 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So who is who here. I guess I am UBNT? >> Paint my mounts sounds like flash my radio with the code of others. >> So UBNT could legally claim you cannot put Cambium code in their radios? >> >> So were UBNT customers putting Cambium software in UBNT radios? >> Or were people putting UBNT software in Cambium radios? >> >> I remember it happening at the time. I just don’t remember any details. >> The article says that the settlement involved Cambium paying UBNT. >> Assuming that is correct, the Cambium must have done something wrong. >> >> >> >> *From:* Craig Schmaderer >> *Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2020 11:02 AM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google News - Cambium Networks settles a lawsuit >> with Ubiquiti Inc for selling hacking firmware >> >> >> Chuck, I look at it like, if you said I could not paint your mounts after >> I buy them, and I decide to paint them blue using Rustoleum paint, you >> would sue Rustoleum and I for breaking your EUA >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown via AF >> *Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2020 11:33 AM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google News - Cambium Networks settles a lawsuit >> with Ubiquiti Inc for selling hacking firmware >> >> >> >> I never understood the argument. What exactly did Cambium do wrong? >> >> >> >> *From:* Steve Jones >> >> *Sent:* Saturday, December 12, 2020 10:09 AM >> >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Google News - Cambium Networks settles a lawsuit >> with Ubiquiti Inc for selling hacking firmware >> >> >> >> I hope cambium does it again with something else ubnt now just to spite >> them. Whatever they paid has to be nothing compared to the volume of >> customers they rolled over >> >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 7:47 AM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEFvp2xGH5DLp_0VFw74VGwYqGAgEKg8IACoHCAowjo_YBzCo6Ugwi9XQBg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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