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Re:Writing userspace USB drivers for abandoned devices by baroffoos on Sunday November 17, 2019 @05:21PM (#21560403)
Firmware and drivers are different though. If the firmware was totally locked down then the drivers would be no use for a clone and if the firmware was taken but the drivers were proprietary the clone could just use the exact same driver binary.
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Re:Writing userspace USB drivers for abandoned devices by jrockway on Sunday November 17, 2019 @05:32PM (#21560457)
> the clone could just use the exact same driver binary

This certainly caused FTDI a lot of trouble.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTDI#Driver_controversy

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