I'm very glad to see farmers win the right to repair their tractors. It's a win for consumers against bogus #IP objections from manufacturers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64206913
#RightToRepair, #RightToTinker
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64206913
#RightToRepair, #RightToTinker
US farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment
The grassroots movement has grown among consumers around the world as repair costs soar.By Monica Miller (BBC News)
petersuber
•https://doctorow.medium.com/john-deeres-repair-fake-out-79da4978f4c1
"#Deere abuses copyright law to force farmers to pay for official repairs — even when the farmer does the repair. That’s possible thanks to a practice called VIN locking, in which engine parts come with #DRM that prevents the tractor from recognizing them until they pay hundreds of dollars for a John Deere technician to come to their farm and type an unlock code into the tractor’s console."
Plus: The win is not as good as it looks.
John Deere’s repair fake-out - Cory Doctorow - Medium
Cory Doctorow (Medium)petersuber
•https://theconversation.com/in-rural-america-right-to-repair-laws-are-the-leading-edge-of-a-pushback-against-growing-corporate-power-199372
"Under the agreement, John #Deere promises to give farmers and independent repair shops access to manuals, diagnostics and parts. But there’s a catch – the agreement isn’t legally binding, and, as part of the deal, the influential #FarmBureau promised not to support any federal or state #RightToRepair legislation."
#patents
In rural America, right-to-repair laws are the leading edge of a pushback against growing corporate power
The Conversationpetersuber
•https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/mar/16/john-deere-gpl-violations/
"We…publicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violations…by providing complete source code…that the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."
#OpenSource
John Deere's ongoing GPL violations: What's next
Software Freedom Conservancy