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Re:Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law oppos... by idiotsecant on Thursday April 27, 2023 @03:49PM (#35733615)
Huh? This is about things like hardware modules not connecting to the bus until an authorized repairer allows them to, exposing part numbers so board level repairs can happen, releasing board schematics, and things like that. Nobody is suggesting re-writing firmware? There is a mountain of context that you're either unaware of or leaving out on purpose for some reason.
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Re:Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law oppos... by JoeAltmaier on Friday April 28, 2023 @08:09AM (#35740308)
Everybody is suggesting that.

This bill explicitly demands release of software documents. Why do you suppose?

Anyway yes the open-source voice is loud here. Just being a voice for taking care how carefully that happens.

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Re:Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law oppos... by idiotsecant on Saturday April 29, 2023 @09:54PM (#35759039)
software documentation includes things like APIs, bus protocols and configuration, and other interface points. It need not have anything to do with re-writing firmware and nothing is calling for that.
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