Hi,
Stan Johnson wrote:
> Here's a more recent example: I've been trying to figure out how to
> install a more modern Linux kernel on a PowerMac 6100. More than 20
> years ago, Apple teamed up with the now-defunct OSF to use the Mach 3.0
> microkernel along with Apple's customized version of a 2
Milan Kupcevic wrote on 6/10/21 6:10 AM:
> On 6/10/21 12:53 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> On 6/10/21 2:08 AM, Paul Wise wrote:
The report and its recommendations may provide a means
to pierce the veil of closed platforms, like closed-sourced firmware.
>>>
>>> It seems unlikel
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 06:53:57AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> So, why should laws protect the intellectual property of software companies
> but not the IP of hardware companies?
Ideally it shouldn't.
> What supporters euphemistically call a "right to repair" is in reality an
> init
On 6/9/21 10:53 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On 6/10/21 2:08 AM, Paul Wise wrote:
>>> The report and its recommendations may provide a means
>>> to pierce the veil of closed platforms, like closed-sourced firmware.
>>
>> It seems unlikely to me that we will ever see a "Right to Repair" fo
On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 11:54 PM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <
glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> On 6/10/21 2:08 AM, Paul Wise wrote:
> >> The report and its recommendations may provide a means
> >> to pierce the veil of closed platforms, like closed-sourced firmware.
> >
> > It seems unlikely t
On 6/10/21 12:53 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 6/10/21 2:08 AM, Paul Wise wrote:
The report and its recommendations may provide a means
to pierce the veil of closed platforms, like closed-sourced firmware.
It seems unlikely to me that we will ever see a "Right to Repair" for
software
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 2:07 AM deloptes wrote:
>
> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>
> > So, why should laws protect the intellectual property of software
> > companies but not the IP of hardware companies?
> >
>
> Are patents not enough?
>
> > What supporters euphemistically call a "right to re
Adrian, et alia:
Rare it is that I post to this list, but I feel that the comments
posted here within impel me to speak up.
It is instructive that the very same argument was applied to those
that felt the entire open source movement would destroy and wipe out
software companies. Yet, companies
On 6/10/21 2:08 AM, Paul Wise wrote:
>> The report and its recommendations may provide a means
>> to pierce the veil of closed platforms, like closed-sourced firmware.
>
> It seems unlikely to me that we will ever see a "Right to Repair" for
> software, firmware or gateware.
So, why should laws p
On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 11:54 PM Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> This is not as off-topic as it may seem. In the US, the FTC just
> issued a report that favors consumers.
A link to the report and related discussion:
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/nixing-fix-ftc-report-congress-repair-
Hi Everyone,
This is not as off-topic as it may seem. In the US, the FTC just
issued a report that favors consumers. The report and its
recommendations may provide a means to pierce the veil of closed
platforms, like closed-sourced firmware. It also looks like the
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act will f
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