IMHO, this is a very important issue that the entire community needs to stand behind. Please have a look at the CBC documentary to get an idea of what is at stake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImwMpA9ENg
On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 7:29 PM Mauro Souza via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > Not you, not me, but people do. Like I never ever wrote a kernel module, > but people did and this very list is thankful for all that people. > > John Deere and its customers are on a war, because they buy the gigantic > machines and have to pay a fortune to JD send a technician, plug in a > laptop, and go home. They cannot even know what is wrong. People reverse > engineering the firmware are being sued and fined. > > It's not for we to repair, but to someone else. > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 21:17 Don Tai via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > >> who repairs anything these days? I don't know anyone else, besides myself >> that is curious enough to even open the case. Or use a multimeter. Or >> sewing machine. Repair is a fringe, hippie thing now. >> >> On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 at 16:59, o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 2:27 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk >>> <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: >>> > >>> > This is a private member's bill so it is unlikely to pass. >>> > >>> > < >>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/what-on-earth-newsletter-right-to-repair-styrofoam-1.5037697 >>> > >>> > >>> > < >>> https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-72 >>> > >>> > --- >>> >>> Maybe if enough of the bozos were woken up? >>> >>> Dee >>> --- >>> Talk Mailing List >>> talk@gtalug.org >>> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> >> --- >> Talk Mailing List >> talk@gtalug.org >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > --- > Talk Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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