23 Jun
2015
23 Jun
'15
9:32 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul
Koning
Sent: 23 June 2015 17:10
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: [RANT]False Beeprog. AGAIN.
They have deliberately damaged it. If using software you don't own is THEFT as the
various copyright organizations want us to believe then this is Criminal Damage and
Vandalism.
This backfired badly on FTDI ....
On Jun 23, 2015, at 12:03 PM, Johnny Billquist
<bqt at Update.UU.SE> wrote:
On 2015-06-23 17:59, Alexandre Souza wrote:
Yes. Ask the manufacturer of the device to fix it. Do you really expect that
someone who have nothing to do with the device has any responsibility
here? You (or whoever) install software that was not intended for the device
on it anyway, and then you blame the maker of that software. I doubt there any legal problems with their
course of action. They
are not obliged to ensure that their software works correctly on a
pirate copy of their hardware.
If they add some additional checks, and they trap out on a clone, I
doubt that could be considered illegal. They do not try to destroy
your device. Their software just refuse to run. And I can't see it
other than they are in their right to do that. Talk with the
manufacturer of the clone for a software update from them instead.
If you use a software newer than 2.62, it bricks your clone device.
Period.
It depends. If the failure is an accidental side effect of a failed attempt to talk
to the device, that?s excusable. If the code goes out of its way to disable the
device, it is not. It?s a bit like bringing your Ford to a Chevy garage. A result
of ?I can?t fix that? is fine. Having the technicians pull out the spark plugs and
say ?ok, here is your car back? is not.
Pretty common these days...
http://www.macworld.com/article/1140818/hackbook.html
Do you also try to install OS-X on a DELL laptop, and claim that it's
Apples fault that your DELL machine don't work? (God knows what
interesting things might happen if you actually try this...)
Most likely it will detect the wrong hardware and
simply say ?not supported?
and stop. But it won?t wipe the device BIOS in retaliation.
paul
Dave
G4UGM