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Re:Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archivin... by varispeed on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:34AM (#25683348)
It is to create barriers to entry where possible. If you are rent-seeking greedy co, then why would you give away useful knowledge, not to mention for free? Also good documentation could make you create a replacement product or have better understanding what to look for in a substitute.
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Re:Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archivin... by b1ackb0x on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:41AM (#25683374)
Not really, they are only making it less likely that we use their chip in our product because we never tested it and can’t make a prototype with it.
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Re:Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown to a site archivin... by varispeed on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:06PM (#25717451)
I think that was my point. Smaller companies will not use these chips, but big co will have all the documentation they need.
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